I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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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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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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