People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Work for the things that you care about.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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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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