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" I was a proponent of the ERA. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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" Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions. "

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" America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow. "

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" The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step. "

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" In 2015, an opera opened about me and Justice Antonin Scalia. It's called 'Scalia/Ginsburg.' The composer, Derrick Wang, has degrees in music from Harvard and Yale. Enrolled in law school, he was reading dueling opinions by me and Justice Scalia and decided he could compose an appealing comic opera from them. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. It wasn't realistic until Jimmy Carter became our president. "

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" I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.' "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" 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. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" There are some women I definitely would not want to succeed me... but a man like David Souter, that would be great. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" The worst times were the years I was alone. The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a certain size, and then this little woman sitting to the side. That was not a good image for the public to see. "

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" The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" The label 'liberal' or 'conservative,' any - every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from 'Iolanthe.' It goes, 'Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.' What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" I don't think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, 'A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.' "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" The experience I don't want to see repeated occurred in 'Bush v. Gore.' The Court divided five to four. There were four separate dissents, and that confused the press. In fact, some of the reporters announced that the decision was seven-two. There was no time to get together. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" 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. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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" Marty was an extraordinary person. Of all the boys I had dated, he was the only one who really cared that I had a brain. And he was always - well, making me feel that I was better than I thought I was. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" 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. "

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" I thought 'Heller' was a very bad decision. "

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" Whatever final judgment awaits 'Bush v. Gore' in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it's better to have it clearer than confusing. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" My biographers... would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided... to flip the order. "

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