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.
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.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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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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Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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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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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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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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We must dissent from the fear.
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History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
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