The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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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 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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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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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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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