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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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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We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning.
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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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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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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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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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We must dissent from the fear.
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.
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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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