“Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women, policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes. And the stereotypical view of people of a world divided between home and child caring women and men as breadwinners, men representing the family outside the home.” PeopleMenWorldChildrenEndsHomeGoalViewsDoorsLimitsMen And WomenCaringErasPlanesDividedRepresentingMiningClosed DoorsBreadwinnerFirefighting Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates itself from the impositions of the laws it obligates people outside the legislature to obey.” PeopleIfsMightLawPoliticalSpiritPoliticsLettersCongressSeparationDoctrineLegislatureImpositionSeparation Of Powers Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed” PeopleKnowsRunningLawInfluenceMembersOfficeConnectionsLegislatureCitizens United Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say we want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHas BeensOpportunityGivenPayHappenedOughtTaxesTrackCitizenshipPreyEmployersSalaryHardworking Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home so that when they were called to do service as militiamen, they would have them. That was the entire purpose of the Second Amendment.” PeopleMenStatesHomeGovernmentLawPurposeCertainPayWeaponsArmyAmendmentsNo MoneySecond AmendmentMilitiaNew Government Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you transparent about it? Because the people would begin to think that the law is not stable, the law is unclear. And that would not give them much faith in the law.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingLawCoursesAsksJudgingAgreeDividesStableTransparentUnclear Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.” PeopleBeliefShareProfitWorkforce Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRunningLawInfluenceMembersOfficeConnectionsLegislature Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher. There wasn't a great understanding of gender discrimination. People knew that race discrimination was an odious thing, but there were many who thought that all the gender-based differentials in the law operated benignly in women's favor. So my objective was to take the Court step by step to the realization, in Justice Brennan's words, that the pedestal on which some thought women were standing all too often turned out to be a cage.” PeopleLawUnderstandingJusticeRaceStepsTeacherStandingCourtGenderFavorsDiscriminationObjectivesRealizationCagesPedestalGender Discrimination Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry about what's out and released, over and done. That's advice I now give to people new to the judging business.” PeopleGivingLooksHardDoneNextOpinionCasesWorryAdviceJudgingHard WorkGoes OnDecidedProductiveGive It Your All Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.” PeopleWellsCasesCourtSupremePunishmentTrialsApplicationDozenExecutionPenaltiesSupreme CourtDeath PenaltyCapital PunishmentAgainst Death Penalty Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.” PeopleWellsPunishmentTrialsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyCapital PunishmentAgainst Death Penalty Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.” PeopleShouldHumansEnjoyAbilityRightsEqualEssentialsDignityHuman RightsAgendasWomens Rights Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.” PeopleLittlesSometimesHardHearingTunesImpatienceSnapsUnkind Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.” PeopleMeanImportantLibertyConstitutionYearningFreedom And Liberty Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.” PeopleMenSometimesEnoughPerceptionCourtRaisedSupremeNineSupreme CourtShockedCourt Justice Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.” PeopleStoriesRightsConstitutionPrimeIgnoredExtensionsExcludedConstitutional Rights Book:My Own Words Source: My Own Words
“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.” PeopleIfsMeanDoeStatesPoorPolicyBirthImpactAccessPoor PeopleRestrictionEugenics Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
