The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGFight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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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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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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