Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
In most civil law systems there are no dissents. There is a single opinion for the court: it is unanimous; it is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My biographers... would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided... to flip… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.'… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My own view, and I've said this many times, is as long as I can do the work full steam, I will… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
In my view, if the Court had properly interpreted the Second Amendment, the Court would have said that Amendment was very important… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If I resign any time this year, he [President Obama] could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination,… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher. There wasn't a great understanding of gender discrimination. People knew that race… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow to be… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American.… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you transparent about… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
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… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
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![“If I resign any time this year, he [President Obama] could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court. ... [A]nybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.” quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/59f/ruth-bader-ginsburg-1906_appoint_if-i-resign-any-time-this-year-he-presid_465580.jpg)
![“...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also to counteract discrimination's lingering effects. Those effects, reflective of a system of racial caste [legal…” quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dab/ruth-bader-ginsburg-1906_acknowledgement_the-court-recognizes-the-persistence-of_3031158.jpg)
![“So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that,” quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/301/ruth-bader-ginsburg-1906_court_so-now-the-perception-is-yes-women-are-h_2780562.jpg)
