I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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

Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means...

Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means...

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very...

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very...

Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about...

Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about...

Dissents speak to a future age.

Dissents speak to a future age.

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily...

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily...

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to...

Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to...

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any...

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any...

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing...

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing...

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your...

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your...

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the...

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the...

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and...

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and...