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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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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Brooklyn
New York
RBG
Notorious RBG
Joan Ruth Bader
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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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.
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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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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. And the stereotypical view of people of a world divided between home and child caring women and men as breadwinners, men representing the family outside the home.
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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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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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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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Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.
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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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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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I'm not very good at promotion.
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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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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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The irony and tragedy is any woman of means can have a safe abortion somewhere in the United States. But women lacking the wherewithal to travel can't. There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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The Second Amendment has a preamble about the need for a militia. Because there is a need for a militia to be at the ready, therefore the right to keep and bear arms must be secured.
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