It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Marriage
Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Change
In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sad
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Legal
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Equality
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Respect
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Independence
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women
Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women
I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Equality
America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Famous
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Freedom
It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chance
Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Anger
Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Equality
I think Mozart's operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' are the two most perfect ever written. The music is magical. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Marriage
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. -Ruth Bader Ginsburg Power
