Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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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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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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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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