So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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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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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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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 get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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