Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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.
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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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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 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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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