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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.

Thurgood Marshall

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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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We must dissent from the fear.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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Today’s Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.
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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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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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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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