Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
THURGOOD MARSHALLThe First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit – a spirit that demands self-expression .
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn’t get in the pot or he didn’t get melted down.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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