The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Be independent and be a lady.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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’m not very good at promotion.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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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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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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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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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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