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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLEqual means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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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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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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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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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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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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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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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