It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen 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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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Words could paint pictures.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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