A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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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I’m not very good at promotion.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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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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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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