If 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 MARSHALLA man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
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The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit – a spirit that demands self-expression .
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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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What is the quality of your intent?
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Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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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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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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We must dissent from the fear.
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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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To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.
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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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