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.
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… - Thurgood Marshall
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…
- Thurgood Marshall
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… - Thurgood Marshall
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…
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 … - Thurgood Marshall
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 …
Do what you think is right and let the law catch up. - Thurgood Marshall
Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.
Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place. - Thurgood Marshall
Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. - Thurgood Marshall
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
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… - 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…
Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy. - Thurgood Marshall
Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.
We must dissent from the fear. - Thurgood Marshall
We must dissent from the fear.
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