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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

Thurgood Marshall

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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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Some 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.
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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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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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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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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 measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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