A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.
THURGOOD MARSHALLNone of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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Truth is more than a mental exercise.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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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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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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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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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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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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