I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAs 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.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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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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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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 would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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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