My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDepriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Be independent and be a lady.
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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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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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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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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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