My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDepriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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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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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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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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