Ambition Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Historically, it took a long time before the court took any women law clerks. Finally, it did, but the numbers have never matched very…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975…

— Noam Chomsky

(H)er qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist, indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a…

— Pat Buchanan

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman

— Constance Baker Motley

I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before me, including Judge Constance Baker Motley, who was the first African American…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.

— Cecile Richards

I say to the women out there, remember how difficult it was for women like Justice O'Connor starting out. Even though she graduated with…

— Maryanne Trump Barry

There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.

— Adam Cohen

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

— Geraldine Ferraro

No woman is likely ever to be elected President - they never reach the required legal age.

— Jacob Braude