A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWomen belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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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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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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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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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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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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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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