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

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

— Constance Baker Motley

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

— Adam Cohen

(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

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

It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the…

— Florence Ellinwood Allen

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of…

— Paul Weyrich

There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution.

— Brett Kavanaugh

The cliché is what are the qualifications for a federal Court of Appeals judge is somebody who knew a senator once. I mean the…

— Deborah Rhode

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above…

— Patrick Leahy