226 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'

There are some women I definitely would not want to succeed me... but a man like David Souter, that would be great.

A gender line... helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president.

Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.

The experience I don't want to see repeated occurred in 'Bush v. Gore.' The Court divided five to four. There were four separate dissents, and that confused the press. In fact, some of the reporters announced that the decision was seven-two. There was no time to get together.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

I was a proponent of the ERA. The women of my generation and my daughter's generation, they were very active in moving along the social change that would result in equal citizenship stature for men and women.