Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?
RUTH BADER GINSBURGPeople who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
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There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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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 written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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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I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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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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Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
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