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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

Thurgood Marshall

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.
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Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues.
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A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.
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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.
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It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas.This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth, is fundamental to our free society.
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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Democracy Foundation Injustice Ourselves
Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.
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A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi… has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It’s not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.
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