My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI would not like to be the only woman on the court.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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