At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWe belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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 think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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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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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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