We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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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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Words could paint pictures.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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