Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Thurgood Marshall Quotes Click here for Thurgood Marshall books A Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute." "Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely." "Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process." "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." "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." "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps." "I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband." "Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds." "Sometimes history takes things into its own hands." |
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