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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
1. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
2. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.”
3. “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
4. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”
5. “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.”
6. “So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.”
7. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
8. “I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
9. “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. So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.”
10. “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.”
11. “You can’t have it all, all at once.”
12. “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”
13. “The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.”
14. “You can disagree without being disagreeable.”
15. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
16. “I’m a judge, born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition.”
17. “A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.”
18. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
19. “I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution.”
20. “The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.”
21. “People ask me sometimes, when—when do you think it will it be enough? When will there be enough women on the court? And my answer is when there are nine.”
22. “Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”
23. “The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.”
24. “I’m deceptively strong.”
25. “I was a law school teacher, and I loved being a law school teacher, but I was increasingly impatient with the slow pace at which change was coming for women.”
26. “If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.”
27. “I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.”
28. “Justices continue to think and can change. I am ever hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eyes will be open tomorrow.”
29. “Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf…That advice has stood me in good stead. Not simply in dealing with my marriage, but in dealing with my colleagues.”
30. “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”
31. “The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself.”
32. “I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.”
33. “I don’t say women’s rights—I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.”
34. “I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.”
35. “I am a judge, born and raised and proud of it. I do not believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.”
36. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
37. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
38. “I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it and I try to keep abreast of the latest that’s on the tumblr.”
39. “Women would have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”
40. “I think in every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.”
41. “When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
42. “I don’t want to be remembered as the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court.”
43. “I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.”
44. “You can’t have it all at once.”
45. “I’m a judge, born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition.”
46. “Feminism [is the] notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents and not be held back by manmade barriers.”
47. “The genius of the United States is that, over 200 years, it has evolved a system of constitutional government that has brought us stability and prosperity, with a rule of law that, on the whole, protects individual rights.”
48. “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.”
49. “I am ever hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eyes will be open tomorrow.”
50. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
51. “I’m a great fan of Justice Scalia’s opinions, and even more of the way he states them.”
52. “I don’t think anybody has ever accused me of being an optimist. I think of myself as a realist.”
53. “We should not be held back from pursuing our full talents, from contributing what we could contribute to the society, because we fit into a certain mold ― because we belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.”
54. “I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.”
55. “The gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal but in a cage.”
56. “I think that post-Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement has been in a state of flux.”
57. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
58. “Dissents speak to a future age.”
59. “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
60. “I don’t think there’s any major issue that I’ve been on the wrong side.”
61. “You can’t have it all, all at once.”
62. “I am a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
63. “I’m deceptively strong.”
64. “It’s not women’s liberation, it’s women’s and men’s liberation.”
65. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
66. “I don’t say women’s rights—I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.”
67. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
68. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
69. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
70. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
71. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
72. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
73. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
74. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
75. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
76. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
77. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
78. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
79. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
80. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
81. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
82. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
83. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
84. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
85. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
86. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
87. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
88. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
89. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
90. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
91. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
92. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
93. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
94. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
95. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
96. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
97. “I would not like to be the only woman on the court.”
98. “I think the most important thing I have done is to enable women to get credit in their own names.”
99. “You can’t have it all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
100. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
Outro:
In conclusion, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazing feminist icon and Supreme Court Justice who left an indelible mark on American jurisprudence. Her words of wisdom continue to inspire and guide us, reminding us of the importance of equality, justice, and perseverance. Let us carry on her legacy by championing the causes she fought for and ensuring that her vision of a more just society becomes a reality. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes will forever resonate as a beacon of hope and progress.
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