A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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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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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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