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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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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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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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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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