Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWork for the things that you care about.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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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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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 became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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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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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
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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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