The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
THURGOOD MARSHALLNone of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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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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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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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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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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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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