There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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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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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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 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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