The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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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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Dissents speak to a future age.
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Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
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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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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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I’m not very good at promotion.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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