If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGA constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Be independent and be a lady.
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The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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We should learn to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
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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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There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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