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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLThe 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.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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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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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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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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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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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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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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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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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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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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