I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAt the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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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An operatic voice is like no other.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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.
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