My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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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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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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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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