Meaning of the quote

This quote is asking an important question about who should be responsible for teaching and guiding the children of the future. The person asking this is wondering who will make sure that the next generation of people grows up to be good, responsible citizens. This is a big responsibility that everyone in society should think about, from parents to teachers to community leaders. We all need to work together to help raise and educate the young people who will one day lead our world.

About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American jurist who served on the Supreme Court from 1993 until her death in 2020. As the first Jewish woman and second woman to serve on the Court, she was known for her passionate liberal views and landmark rulings on gender equality. Despite health challenges, she remained on the bench until her passing at age 87, leaving a lasting impact on US jurisprudence.

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

Dissents speak to a future age.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the ’40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 to 2020