I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWe will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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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.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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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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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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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 get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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