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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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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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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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