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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

Thurgood Marshall

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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Black Born Children Goal Myself Person Right True White Worth
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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Color Excuse Frustration Law Race
The Constitution was a product of its times.
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Constitution Government Production Time
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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Death Fall Ignorance Life Poor Prison Privilege Society
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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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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Alone Business Himself Home Law Man Meaning Movie Reading Rule See
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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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Discrimination History Practice Race Selection Shame
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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Accomplishment Challenge Discrimination End Race Selection
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.
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Country Melt Myself Nation Opinion Time
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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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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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Believe Hard Work Heart Broken Himself Man True
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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Color Constitution Law Moral Ourselves Race Society
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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Break Lose Ourselves Togetherness Win

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