Dissents speak to a future age.
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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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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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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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Every 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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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