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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “At Cornell University, professor of European literature Vladimir Nabokov changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.”

51. “At Cornell University, professor of European literature Vladimir Nabokov changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.”

52. “I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “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.”

53. “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.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance ones ability to persuade.”

54. “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance ones ability to persuade.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”

55. “Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “In sum, the Court’s conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court’s own judgment will not allow to be tested. Such an untested prophecy should not decide the Presidency of the United States. I dissent.”

56. “In sum, the Court’s conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court’s own judgment will not allow to be tested. Such an untested prophecy should not decide the Presidency of the United States. I dissent.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “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.”

57. “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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “We may be anxious to reduce crime, but we should remember that in our system of justice, the presumption of innocence is prime, and the law cannot apply one rule to Joe who is a good man, and another to John, who is a hardened criminal.”

58. “We may be anxious to reduce crime, but we should remember that in our system of justice, the presumption of innocence is prime, and the law cannot apply one rule to Joe who is a good man, and another to John, who is a hardened criminal.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community.”

59. “Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.”

60. “You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “We children of public school age can do much to aid in the promotion of peace. We must try to train ourselves and those about us to live together with one another as good neighbors for this idea is embodied in the great new Charter of the United Nations. It is the only way to secure the world against future wars and maintain an everlasting peace.”

61. “We children of public school age can do much to aid in the promotion of peace. We must try to train ourselves and those about us to live together with one another as good neighbors for this idea is embodied in the great new Charter of the United Nations. It is the only way to secure the world against future wars and maintain an everlasting peace.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “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.”

62. “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.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.”

63. “When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Judges do read the newspapers and are affected, not by the weather of the day, as distinguished constitutional law professor Paul Freund once said, but by the climate of the era.”

64. “Judges do read the newspapers and are affected, not by the weather of the day, as distinguished constitutional law professor Paul Freund once said, but by the climate of the era.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “We should not be held back from pursuing our full talents, from contributing what we could contribute to the society, because we fit into a certain mould – because we belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.”

65. “We should not be held back from pursuing our full talents, from contributing what we could contribute to the society, because we fit into a certain mould – because we belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “According to Ruth, Nabokov changed the way she read and wrote: “He used words to paint pictures. Even today, when I read, I notice with pleasure when an author has chosen a particular word, a particular place, for the picture it will convey to the reader.” Ruth remembers.”

66. “According to Ruth, Nabokov changed the way she read and wrote: “He used words to paint pictures. Even today, when I read, I notice with pleasure when an author has chosen a particular word, a particular place, for the picture it will convey to the reader.” Ruth remembers.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Cushman, who assigned her to research McCarthy’s assault on civil liberties, “wanted me to understand two things,” Ruth recalls. “One is that we were betraying our most fundamental values, and, two, that legal skills could help make things better, could help to challenge what was going on.”

67. “Cushman, who assigned her to research McCarthy’s assault on civil liberties, “wanted me to understand two things,” Ruth recalls. “One is that we were betraying our most fundamental values, and, two, that legal skills could help make things better, could help to challenge what was going on.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.”

68. “Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

69. “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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”

70. “My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Once asked how we could be friends, given our disagreement on lots of things, Justice Scalia answered: ‘I attack ideas. I don’t attack people.”

71. “Once asked how we could be friends, given our disagreement on lots of things, Justice Scalia answered: ‘I attack ideas. I don’t attack people.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Roe isn’t really about the woman’s choice, is it? It’s about the doctor’s freedom to practice... it wasn’t woman-centered, it was physician-centered.”

72. “Roe isn’t really about the woman’s choice, is it? It’s about the doctor’s freedom to practice... it wasn’t woman-centered, it was physician-centered.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “And I give you this picture because it fairly captures our nearly fifty-year happy marriage, during which I have offered up an astonishing number of foolish pronouncements with absolute assurance, and Ruth, with only limited rancor, has ignored almost every one. A.”

73. “And I give you this picture because it fairly captures our nearly fifty-year happy marriage, during which I have offered up an astonishing number of foolish pronouncements with absolute assurance, and Ruth, with only limited rancor, has ignored almost every one. A.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.”

74. “Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote: “Less than 3 percent of positions in the federal government at and above GS-16 rank are held by women.8.”

75. “Less than 3 percent of positions in the federal government at and above GS-16 rank are held by women.8.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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