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“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Statement of advice on being presented the Radcliffe Medal, as quoted in "Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Colleen Walsh, in The Harvard Gazette (29 May 2015)
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