Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”— 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 greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Don't be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Don't be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg