Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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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 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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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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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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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