Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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Words could paint pictures.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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