If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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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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