All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset. Ruth Bader Ginsburg More Quotes by Ruth Bader Ginsburg More Quotes From Ruth Bader Ginsburg The irony and tragedy is any woman of means can have a safe abortion somewhere in the United States. But women lacking the wherewithal to travel can't. There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg abortiontragedymean Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not. Ruth Bader Ginsburg womendoewar My own view, and I've said this many times, is as long as I can do the work full steam, I will stay on the Court. But when I feel myself slipping, when I slow down in my ability to write opinions with fair dispatch, when I forget the names of cases that I once could recite at the drop of a hat, I will know it is time for me to go. Ruth Bader Ginsburg viewsnameswriting I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand. Ruth Bader Ginsburg jewish-traditionrunningyears It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg liberationwomenmen Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg womenfamilyinspiring There is a Constitutional right to prostitution. Ruth Bader Ginsburg prostitution The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters. Ruth Bader Ginsburg votersrisklaw Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process. Ruth Bader Ginsburg freedomrunningmean In my view, if the Court had properly interpreted the Second Amendment, the Court would have said that Amendment was very important when the nation was new, it gave a qualified right to keep and bear arms but it was for one purpose only, and that was the purpose of having militiamen who were able to fight to preserve the nation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg fightingimportantviews So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow. Ruth Bader Ginsburg freedom-of-speechwritingtoday Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation? Ruth Bader Ginsburg nextgenerationsresponsibility 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. Ruth Bader Ginsburg equalitychoicesmen There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by the analogy that Justice Scalia made in a case about a GPS tracker so you don't know that's being done to your car, is that a violation of your right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. So Justice Scalia imagines a constable clinging to the bottom of a carriage as it went on its way, so there was some notion that this similar: there is an official eye that's on you, but you don't know about it. Yes, there are all kinds of challenges. Ruth Bader Ginsburg gpseyejustice One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women. They know there are no closed doors anymore, and they may take for granted the rights that they have. Ruth Bader Ginsburg rightsdoorsmen A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom. Ruth Bader Ginsburg importantmeanpeople The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another state does. ... It makes no sense as a national policy to promote birth only among poor people. Ruth Bader Ginsburg eugenicsimpactmean If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave-upnationsifs I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary. Ruth Bader Ginsburg womenjusticethinking The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. Ruth Bader Ginsburg equalitywomenmean
