Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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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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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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