Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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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.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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