226 Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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.

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

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.

We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

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

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?