When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWomen belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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No 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.
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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.
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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.
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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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My 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.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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I think our system is being polluted by money.
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Speak you mind even if your voice shakes.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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