Quotes of Thurgood Marshall

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

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Greatness

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

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Peace

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

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Humanity

“ Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. ”

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History

“ 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. ”

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Thank You

“ 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. ”

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Affirm

“ 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. ”

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Bill

“ None of us has gotten where we are solely by pulling ourselves up from our own bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent down and helped us. ”

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Bent

“ Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. ”

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Bear

“ 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. ”

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Correction

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

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Cop

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

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Contest

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

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Committee

“ 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 melted down. ”

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Connected

“ 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 melted down. ”

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Condition

“ 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 melted down. ”

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Confinement

“ Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. ”

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Chronicle

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

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Capture

“ Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ”

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Constitution

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

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Compensate

“ If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. ”

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Contemptible

“ It's said that if you can't say something good about a dead person, don't say it. Well, I consider him dead. ”

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Consider

“ 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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Chaos

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

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Collar

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

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Contemplate

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

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Courthouse

“ Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his guilt, more hostile to the insanity defense, more mistrustful of defense attorneys and less concerned about the danger of erroneous convictions. ”

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Defense

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

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Domineering

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Dictatorial

“ 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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Disorder

Quotes of Thurgood Marshall - somelinesforyou

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

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

“ 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 or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ None of us has gotten where we are solely by pulling ourselves up from our own bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent down and helped us. ”

“ Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

“ 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 melted down. ”

“ 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 melted down. ”

“ 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 melted down. ”

“ Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. ”

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

“ Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ”

“ In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ”

“ If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. ”

“ It's said that if you can't say something good about a dead person, don't say it. Well, I consider him dead. ”

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

“ Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. ”

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

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

“ Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his guilt, more hostile to the insanity defense, more mistrustful of defense attorneys and less concerned about the danger of erroneous convictions. ”

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

“ Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. ”

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