226 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance ones ability to persuade.

Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

The enormous difference between fighting gender discrimination as opposed to race discrimination is good people immediately perceive race discrimination as evil and intolerable. But when I talked about sex-based discrimination, I got the response, 'What are you talking about? Women are treated ever so much better than men!

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

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

We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.

Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?