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Sep 19, 2020 7 tweets 1 min read Read on X
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“People ask me sometimes... 'When will there be enough women on the court?' And my answer is, 'When there are nine.' People are shocked, but there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that."
“Think back to 1787. Who were 'we the people'? … They certainly weren't women … they surely weren't people held in human bondage. The genius of our Constitution is that over now more than 200 sometimes turbulent years that 'we' has expanded and expanded."
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
“I tell law students, if you are going to be a lawyer & just practice your profession,you have a skill,very much like a plumber. But if you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself,something that makes life better for people less fortunate than you."
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks." - RBG, quoting Sarah Grimke.
Sarah Grimké was an amazing figure. She was born in Charleston & inherited slaves. She & her sister became Quaker, emancipated the slaves, moved north, & worked at educating woman, though they believed their duty was always to make amends for their family’s role in slavery.

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