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 MARSHALLLawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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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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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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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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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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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 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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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 measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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