So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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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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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
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A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
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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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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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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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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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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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