Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1 Share Now -
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 Share Now -
In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4 Share Now -
I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 5 Share Now -
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. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 6 Share Now -
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. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7 Share Now -
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8 Share Now -
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9 Share Now -
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 10 Share Now -
