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.
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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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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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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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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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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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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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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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 do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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