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.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWomen will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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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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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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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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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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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 get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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