Ruth Bader Ginsburg on constitution
Ruth Bader Ginsburg103 quotes“There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.”
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Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg 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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