To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformat….

Truth is more than a mental exercise..

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 ….

We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we're winning. In Grace under Pressure, by Hastie, 1984..

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process..

We must dissent from the fear..

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….

When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital….

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy..

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place..

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy..

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands..

Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and law….

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband..

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….

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis..

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure..

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….

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….

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 f….

What is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or of….