Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGChoosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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Words could paint pictures.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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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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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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