I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWomen belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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Work for the things that you care about.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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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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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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