It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou can’t have it all, all at once.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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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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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Words could paint pictures.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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