I 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 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 GINSBURGReal change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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 women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGSo that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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 GINSBURGYet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGI think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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 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 GINSBURGAmerica is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGOur system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPrisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA sense of humor is helpful for those who would advance social change.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG