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Speaking the Ruth to America Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a Supreme Court Justice in 1993, but her popularity has exploded over the last couple of years as she has been adopted as a modern feminist icon. An octogenarian who has proven that disagreeing does not make one disagreeable, Ginsburg is well-known for her pithy observations as well as her strongly argued dissents. Beloved by many � including her ideological opposition, former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was her dear friend � Ginsburg�s wisdom has never been more relevant or more important to American democracy. Sample quotes: �Women belong in all places where decisions are being made...it shouldn�t be that women are the exception.� �Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.� �People ask me sometimes...When will there be enough women on the 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.� �My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent. For most girls growing up in the �40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.� �We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, �We, the people.��