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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLTo protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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We must dissent from the fear.
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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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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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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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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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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 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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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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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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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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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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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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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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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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