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.
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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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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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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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 don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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