We must dissent from the fear.
THURGOOD MARSHALLWe must dissent from the fear.
THURGOOD MARSHALLThe 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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLClassifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.
THURGOOD MARSHALLSome 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 MARSHALLTruth is more than a mental exercise.
THURGOOD MARSHALLEnding racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
THURGOOD MARSHALLThe 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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIt 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.
THURGOOD MARSHALLNone of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
THURGOOD MARSHALLTo protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIt is a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
THURGOOD MARSHALLWe can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we’re winning.
THURGOOD MARSHALLIf 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 MARSHALLThe First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit – a spirit that demands self-expression .
THURGOOD MARSHALLHistory teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
THURGOOD MARSHALLA man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.
THURGOOD MARSHALL