The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
THURGOOD MARSHALLEqual means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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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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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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We must dissent from the fear.
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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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It is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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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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