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.
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.
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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 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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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