You can’t have it all, all at once.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGReal change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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 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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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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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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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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