Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIn the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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