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Truth is more than a mental exercise.

Thurgood Marshall

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.
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Alone Business Himself Home Law Man Meaning Movie Reading Rule See
We must dissent from the fear.
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Fear One Liner
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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Destiny Journey Ourselves
Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
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Law Right Thinking Yourself
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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Humanity Ourselves Pay Recognition Respect
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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Death Fall Ignorance Life Poor Prison Privilege Society
The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.
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Ability Compassionate Country Greatness Time
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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Fact Hairs Identify Man
The Constitution was a product of its times.
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Constitution Government Production Time
The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues.
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Ability Direction Issues Seek Vote
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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Change Democracy Law Oneself Recognition Response Society
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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Color Constitution Law Moral Ourselves Race Society
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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Color Himself Man Missing World
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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Hands History
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
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Access Function
What is the quality of your intent?
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Intention One Liner Quality Yourself

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