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" 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

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" One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn't the right one. "

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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. "

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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. "

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" I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it, and I try to keep abreast of the latest that's on the tumblr. "

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" I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand, they have no constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work for them who don't share that belief. "

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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.' "

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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. "

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" An operatic voice is like no other. "

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" I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others. "

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" I was tremendously fortunate to be alive and a lawyer, working at a university so I had more flexible hours, when the women's movement was coming alive and when it became possible to argue successfully for a view of the equal protection clause that included women. "

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" When I was growing up, there were no women in orchestras. Auditioners thought they could tell the difference between a woman playing and a man. Some intelligent person devised a simple solution: Drop a curtain between the auditioners and the people trying out. And, lo and behold, women began to get jobs in symphony orchestras. "

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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. "

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" It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house. "

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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. "

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

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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. "

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" Remember that before 'Roe v. Wade' was decided, there were four states that allowed abortion in the first trimester if that's what the woman sought: New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska. Other states were shifting. And people were fighting over this issue in state legislatures. "

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" If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals. "

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" Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young. "

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" Contraceptive protection is something every woman must have access to, to control her own destiny. "

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" In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other. "

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

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