Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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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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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What is the quality of your intent?
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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