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 MARSHALLWe can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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 measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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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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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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