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"68 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 March 1933 | Lawyer | Jurist |

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Independent Person Own Lady
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If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

Any Could Diva Give
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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.

About Care Fight Join
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If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

Change Change Things Going Hold
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It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.
Liberation Men Women Freedom
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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.

Any Chances Could Crazy
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So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

Hope Today Tomorrow Writing
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

Court Did Go Had
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She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

Able Become Career Did
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Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
Generation Next Next Generation Raising
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Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Bringing Equality Generation Men
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I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Choice Controlling Equality Essential
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

Autonomy Controlling Denying Equality
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Abortion Control Emphasis Must
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Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.

Apparent Arizona Capital Constitutional
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

Court Like Only Woman
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

Conceal Hold Incumbent Material
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I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.

Constitution Drafting Look U.S.Constitution
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

Day Hope Law One Day
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I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president.

Country Donald Donald Trump Imagine
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Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

Avoid Candidate Commenting Judges
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You can't have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

Caring Given Had Help
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I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups. And I do the Canadian Air Force exercises almost every day.

Air Air Force Almost Almost Every Day
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If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be 'Citizens United.' 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.

Buy Citizens Decision Democracy
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
Being Disagree Disagreeable Without
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Justice Scalia and I served together on the D.C. Circuit. So his votes are not surprising to me. What I like about him is that he's very funny and very smart.

About Circuit Funny He
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.
Ability Advance Anger Annoyance
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There's nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.

Being Constitution His Last
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It won't happen. It would be an impossible dream. But I'd love to see 'Citizens United' overruled.

Citizens Dream Happen Impossible
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

Between Get I Think Influence
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I think Mozart's operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' are the two most perfect ever written. The music is magical.

I Think Magical Marriage Most
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
Best Out Spoken Thoughtless
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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.

Classmates Each Gave Law
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Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we didn't - to use one of Justice Antonin Scalia's favorite expressions - 'Get over it!'

Constitution Could Crucial Expressions
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At my advanced age - I'm now an octogenarian - I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.

Advanced Age Amazed Constantly
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Feminism... I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.'

Captures Explanation Feminism Free
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It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.

Become Colleagues Court Greatest
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In truth, I did enjoy the benefits of a Harvard connection.
Benefits Connection Did Enjoy
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The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now-ancient days, were of the same race and sex.

African African American American Class
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I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.
Feel Full I Can I Feel
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I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other.

Court Each Genuinely I Think
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.

Court Get Little Sitting
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All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset.

Am Any Basis Because
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In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.

Even Feel He Make Man
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I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
Bias Get Hardest I Think
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My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn't have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.

Card Disappointment Her Influence
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My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.

Because College Eldest Family
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The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

Chances Concern Considered Diminished
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My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women.

1950s Class Included Late
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Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women: policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes.

Closed Door End Era
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