226 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.

Less than 3 percent of positions in the federal government at and above GS-16 rank are held by women.8.

In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.

My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.

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

It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.

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. When the government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a full adult human responsible for her own choices.

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 mould – because we belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.

And I give you this picture because it fairly captures our nearly fifty-year happy marriage, during which I have offered up an astonishing number of foolish pronouncements with absolute assurance, and Ruth, with only limited rancor, has ignored almost every one. A.