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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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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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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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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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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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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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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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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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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