I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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