Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I became a lawyer because I did not like the way the world was. And I thought I could do something to change it.

The state controlling a woman's body and her reproductive choices is an affront to her dignity.

We have the good fortune to be in a country where we are not afraid to say what we think.

If I had any talent in the world, any talent that I don't have now, I would be a great diva. And I would sing at the Met.

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how important it is to love your country, but always to be striving to make it a better country.

My dear spouse, Marty, was a truly extraordinary person. Of all the people I have known, he was the only one who was not in the least bit bothered by the success of his wife.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.

Justice, you don't have to be a lady all the time.

I did not get to be a judge by being a hater.

I think the notion that we have all the answers and that we are going to write the opinion for the ages is just not right.

The more women are involved in the decision-making process, the less likely it is that we're going to have wars.

In every good marriage, it helps to be a little deaf.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

I just try to do the best I can.

The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman's life, to her dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself. When government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.

As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.

One of the things that I'm proudest of is that I was a law professor and I taught at Rutgers and at Columbia, and I was able to show young women that they could be lawyers too.

I don't think there's any one way to be a feminist. I think it's about believing in equal opportunity for men and women.

The law, as I see it, is a tool to achieve justice.