Colleagues Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's decision is.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine my position!'…

— Antonin Scalia

In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees.

— Richard N. Haass

A dissent is the opportunity for the justices to express their differing views with respect to what the majority has done.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

“Dissenting opinions are useful even when they’re wrong. Nemeth”

— Adam M. Grant

In most civil law systems there are no dissents. There is a single opinion for the court: it is unanimous; it is highly stylized;…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

There are actually many justices in history who have used the dissent mechanism to discuss the law in ways that others find over time…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of…

— Adam Grant

Recognize that dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong, and go out of your way to reward them.

— Adam Grant

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

— Daniel J. Boorstin