My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMy mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Each 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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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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