The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe 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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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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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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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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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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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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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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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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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