At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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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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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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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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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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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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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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