Truth is more than a mental exercise.
THURGOOD MARSHALLSurely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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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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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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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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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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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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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