If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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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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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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