If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to… — 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 think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is… — 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
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
Congress could always stop the President if Congress thinks that what the President has done exceeds the President's authority or is just… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
You can't have it all, all at once. Who—man or woman—has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan I think I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 to be… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 1981 that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
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 Image