Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes About Constitution
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude.
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I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.
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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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I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.
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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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A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

- Born: March 15, 1933
- Occupation: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States