A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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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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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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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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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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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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