36 Quotes by Ruth Ginsburg

The Ten Commandments are a powerful statement of the covenant God made with his people,

School districts are charged with responsibility to offer to each disabled child an individualized education program (IEP) suitable to the child's special needs. The proponent of the IEP, it seems to me, is properly called upon to demonstrate its adequacy,

are not warranted by the state interests -- administrative efficiency, fraud detection, informing voters -- alleged to justify those restrictions.

A plain speaker without airs or affectations, the chief fostered a spirit of collegiality among the nine of us perhaps unparalleled in the court's history.

That's just not the way our system works.

this is a person whose job includes being candid, serving justice, serving truth.

This court should not short-circuit the normal review process absent a showing of irreparable harm stronger than that presented here,

This case, here for the second time, raises a question 'of profound importance to the nation. Nothing the government has yet done purports to retract the assertion of executive power Padilla protests.

It's almost like a trust that we are bound to preserve the institution and give it to our successors in the same good condition that we received it.