I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPromoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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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 don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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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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 often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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