Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda
RUTH BADER GINSBURGEvery constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
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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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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
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