Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I have been called a lot of things in my life, but 'fluffy' is not one of them.

It is a time to be of good cheer, because we are still in the fight.

I love opera. I love music. I love to dance.

The first thing that comes to mind is how much I love the law.

We are at a time when we are seeing a lot of change, and I hope it will be for the better.

My dream is that one day, my grandchildren will live in a world where there is true equality for everyone.

I think it's important to keep pushing forward, no matter what.

I hope that I will always be remembered as someone who tried to make a difference.

We should not be complacent. We should always be striving for something better.

The true symbol of America is not the eagle, but the common barnyard hen.

I am a very shy person. That's why I speak through my writing.

The world will be a better place when women are in charge.

I think that we have to be very careful to keep our institutions strong.

It's not about being a woman. It's about being a person.

I am not a fan of the term 'judicial activism.' I think it's a code word for 'I don't like what the court did.'

I'm still a work in progress.

You're saying, no, state marriage [is] the full marriage, and then this sort of skim milk marriage.

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.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.