I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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