A medley of Quotes FROM the notorious RBG

Posted on 19 Sep 2020 by Melba Christie at Poemattic

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”

“So now the perception is, yes, women are here to stay. And when I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?’ and I say ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”—Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking at the 10th Circuit Bench & Bar Conference in 2012

“The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.”— from her 2012 book “My Own Words.”

“We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, ‘We, the people.’” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A Medley By Melba Christie

RBG

You were the first justice I remember to decree

the rights of women and their equality

are important and a necessity.

You instilled in all of us

the need to look at our humanity.

You taught us to fight for the things that matter.

You reminded us that “we the people”

are resilient and included us all without exceptions.

You were never about the false perceptions.