None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
THURGOOD MARSHALLNone of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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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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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 Constitution was a product of its times.
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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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