My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
RUTH BADER GINSBURGEvery constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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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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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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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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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Be independent and be a lady.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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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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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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