I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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Words could paint pictures.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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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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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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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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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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