Ruth Bader Ginsburg — "So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great g…"

"I think the greatest change has been in the composition of the court. When I came to the court, I was the second woman. Now there are three women."

"I became a lawyer because I did not want to be a kindergarten teacher."

"Sometimes I’m writing a dissent, and I’m thinking, ‘This is not going to persuade anybody. But maybe it will persuade a future court.’ My dissents are often not aimed at my colleagues, but at the futu…"

"I wasn't 100 percent sure I would be confirmed by the Senate. But I thought it would be a shame if the best person for the job was not nominated because of fear of what might happen."

"I don’t know how many meetings I attended in the ’60s and the ’70s, where I would say something, and nobody reacted as though I had said it. Then, 10 minutes later, a man would say the same thing, and…"