Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes

“I know what I know. If I go somewhere and talk about myself, I don’t learn anything. If I listen to other people, more likely than not, I will find out something I didn’t know.” Listening, Ruth decided, was not only an art but a mark of intelligence.”
― Jane Sherron De Hart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

“There was something magical about listening to a story unfold in which the characters coexisted harmoniously in a peaceful haven while being enveloped in the comfort and security of maternal devotion.”
― Jane Sherron De Hart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

“As the economy began to improve in the early 1940s, she made small deposits into five local savings banks for Kiki's education. Having lived through the crash, when banks closed their doors and customers' deposits vanished, she was unwilling to entrust all her savings to a single institution.”
― Jane Sherron De Hart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life