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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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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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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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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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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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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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Be independent and be a lady.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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