Dissents speak to a future age.
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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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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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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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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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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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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