"I would not look to the United States……" — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012."
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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56 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for…
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Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of…
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications…
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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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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Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to…
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...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to…
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Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations.…
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Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the…
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Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of…
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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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A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
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The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far…
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People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the…
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What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint…
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Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place…
— Michael Badnarik
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I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid…
— Antonio Banderas
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
— Bob Barr
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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any…
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
— Samuel Adams
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Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat the Constitution,…
— Glenn Beck
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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings…
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