Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” “So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.” “I don’t say women’s rights—I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.” “Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.”
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.”
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
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“You can disagree without being disagreeable.” “If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.” “A gender line... helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” “The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.” “ If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.” “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.”
“When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.”
“I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” “People ask me sometimes… ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is: ‘When there are nine.’” “Feminism [is the] notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents and not be held back by man-made barriers.”
“I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.”
“So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg