History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
THURGOOD MARSHALLSurely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.
More Thurgood Marshall Quotes
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We must dissent from the fear.
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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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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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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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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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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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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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I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.
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The Constitution was a product of its times.
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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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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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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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