We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIt 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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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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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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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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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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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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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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What is the quality of your intent?
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