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I cannot accept this invitation for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever ‘fixed’ at the Philadelphia Convention… To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]

Thurgood Marshall

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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Help Journey Ourselves Parents Teacher
The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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Ability Compassionate Country Greatness Time
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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Hands History
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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Humanity Ourselves Pay Recognition Respect
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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Constitution Control Government Heritage Man Mindset Power Thinking
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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Change Democracy Law Oneself Recognition Response Society
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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Believe Hard Work Heart Broken Himself Man True
Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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Law Right Thinking Yourself
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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I cannot accept this invitation for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever ‘fixed’ at the Philadelphia Convention… To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]
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Acceptance Believe Constitution Forever Government Myself Start
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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Constitution Design Earth Jealous Nation Ourselves World
Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.
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Fact Hairs Identify Man
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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Access Function
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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Accomplishment Challenge Discrimination End Race Selection
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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Color Constitution Law Moral Ourselves Race Society
What is the quality of your intent?
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Intention One Liner Quality Yourself

I cannot accept this invitation for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever ‘fixed’ at the Philadelphia Convention… To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]

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