Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
THURGOOD MARSHALLSome 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.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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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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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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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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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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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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