Author: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Quotes

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A gender line... helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

A gender line... helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

At my advanced age - I'm now an octogenarian - I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.

At my advanced age - I'm now an octogenarian - I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.

Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they're men or women.

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they're men or women.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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