"My mother told me to be a lady.……" — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent."
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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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I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
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