Quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I always ask my law clerks, in addition to reading all the briefs, including all the amici briefs, that if there's a good law review article, they should bring it to me.

I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand, they have no constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work for them who don't share that belief.

I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it, and I try to keep abreast of the latest that's on the tumblr.

The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.

You can't have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

Justice Scalia and I served together on the D.C. Circuit. So his votes are not surprising to me. What I like about him is that he's very funny and very smart.

I don't think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, 'A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.'

I was a super once - an extra - in 'Die Fledermaus,' and was seated within three feet of Placido Domingo. I had never heard a voice of that beauty so close up. It felt as if an electric shock were running through me.

At my advanced age - I'm now an octogenarian - I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it's better to have it clearer than confusing.

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.

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.

I'm not very good at promotion.

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.

I really concentrate on what's on my plate at the moment and do the very best I can.

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.

I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.