Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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 written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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