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Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.

There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.

Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Dissents speak to a future age.

Dissents speak to a future age.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer's job better than any other.

I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer's job better than any other.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: 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.

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Rabbi Alfred Bettleheim once said: "Prejudice saves us a painful trouble, the trouble of thinking.

Rabbi Alfred Bettleheim once said: "Prejudice saves us a painful trouble, the trouble of thinking.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I don't say women's rights - I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.

I don't say women's rights - I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: The age of consent for sex should be 12 years old.

The age of consent for sex should be 12 years old.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: 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.

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: I think our system is being polluted by money,

I think our system is being polluted by money,

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes: My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.