One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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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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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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