If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIf we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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 GINSBURGMy rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPeople who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGAdult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThere is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGIn the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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 GINSBURGDissents speak to a future age.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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 GINSBURGWomen will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
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