I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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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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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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