You can’t have it all, all at once.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWork for the things that you care about.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
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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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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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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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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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