When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGEach part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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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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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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