I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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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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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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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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Words could paint pictures.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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