We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWe belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWho will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIn every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPromoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGEvery constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAmerica is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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