The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAdult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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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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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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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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