To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIt 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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The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.
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The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment. It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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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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Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.
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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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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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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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