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.
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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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