Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.
For some reason, people repeatedly have asked RBG when she thought there would be enough women on the court. The question is asinine, her answer effective: 'When there are nine.
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.
Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
Law should be a literary profession, ' RGB says, 'and the best legal practioners regard law as an art as well as a craft.
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.
Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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.
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent
It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
I think Mozart's operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' are the two most perfect ever written. The music is magical.
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
