Dissents speak to a future age.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAt the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
-
-
Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
A sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
Be independent and be a lady.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
At the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG -
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG






