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Thurgood Marshall quotes

American Judge July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993

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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. 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. Thurgood Marshall
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. Thurgood Marshall
I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better. Thurgood Marshall
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of..."
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I..."
I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband. Thurgood Marshall
Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. Thurgood Marshall
Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be..."
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "What is the quality of your intent?"
What is the quality of your intent? Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay..."
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Thurgood Marshall
Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been pursued and traduced [By American Newspapers] Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall quote: "Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure..."
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. Thurgood Marshall

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