As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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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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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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