Political Quotes

“I am here with an incredibly heavy heart. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--a tireless, legendary champion of equality who reshaped our society for the better--passed away on Friday, the first eve of Rosh Hashanah. Adherents of the Jewish faith believe that a person who passes away during the High Holidays is a person of great righteousness. Truer words could not be spoken of Justice Ginsburg. Standing just over 5 feet tall, she was a giant among us, a moral beacon whose life and legacy have inspired millions of Americans to do their part to bring upon a more perfect and just union. We are all forever indebted to her. The Brooklyn-born daughter of working-class Jewish parents, the young girl who would become just the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court knew from early on she had to fight for a place in the world. And what a fighter she was. When she entered Harvard Law School in 1956, just 1 of 9 women in a class of over 500, the United States was truly a man's world. Women were expected to stay home and out of the workplace. Even when they had jobs, they could be fired for getting pregnant and they otherwise earned barely half of what men earned for the same work. Women couldn't get credit cards without their husband's consent. As Justice Ginsburg remarked some years later, these and other gender- based rules helped to ``keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.'' Justice Ginsburg refused to accept the status quo.…”