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I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Age: 87 †
Born: 1933
Born: March 15
Died: 2020
Died: September 18
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Joan Ruth Bader
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg
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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.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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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.
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We do not read (the law) to elevate accommodation of religious observances over an institution's need to maintain order and safety, ... We have no cause to believe that (the law) would not be applied in an appropriately balanced way, without sensitivity to security concerns.
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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 live in freedom all people should enjoy.
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I'm not very good at promotion.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another state does. ... It makes no sense as a national policy to promote birth only among poor people.
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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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My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.
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Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature - equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents and capacities.
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Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed
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If I resign any time this year, he [President Obama] could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court. ... [A]nybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.
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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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There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.
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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 doing something to give back to the community that you never get in any other way.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.
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