(CNN) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday that she thinks people will see the current period in American history as "an aberration" when asked how she would characterize it.

Ginsburg also addressed the impacts of the international political climate on American democracy and her self-identified role as an advocate on the court during her remarks at Amherst College on Thursday evening -- another addition to her more than 10 public appearances in the six weeks since the 86-year-old, four-time cancer survivor revealed she had endured another bout with the disease

When asked how she thought people would characterize this period in American history, the leader of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court replied simply, "As an aberration."

Ginsburg also addressed questions on how she thought the global trend of far-right parties would impact the United States.

"The pendulum goes too far to the right, it's going to swing back. The same thing too far to the left," she said. "So I'm hoping to see it swing back in my, in my lifetime."

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