If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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