People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI’m not very good at promotion.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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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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Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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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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At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
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