Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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