"It is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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article | june 25, 2013
Court is One of Most Activist,' Ginsburg Says, Vowing to Stay
The New York Times
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“It is we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.”Susan B. Anthony equality + civil rights crusader
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