I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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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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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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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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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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