In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIf 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.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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We must dissent from the fear.
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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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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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 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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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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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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The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit – a spirit that demands self-expression .
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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