Truth is more than a mental exercise.
THURGOOD MARSHALLTo protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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We must dissent from the fear.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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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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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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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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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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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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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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