Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIt’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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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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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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An operatic voice is like no other.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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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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