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
Generalizations about the "way women are" and estimates of what is appropriate for most women no longer justify denying opportunity to women… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We do not read (the law) to elevate accommodation of religious observances over an institution's need to maintain order and safety, ...… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of doing something… — 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
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
