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 GINSBURGEach 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 GINSBURGNo one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIt is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI don’t say women’s rights – I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWe should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGYou’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAs 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 GINSBURGI ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG