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Thurgood Marshall
American
Judge
About the author
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,
American
Judge
#Will
#Fact
#Police
#Hair
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#Humanity
#Tribute
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#History
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,
American
Judge
#May
#State
#Man
#First
#Books
#Business
What is the quality of your intent?
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#Quality
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,
American
Judge
#Today
#Freedom
#Sense
#Constitution
#Decency
I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#Husband
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#Thought
#Power
#Government
#Control
#Giving
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Thurgood Marshall,
American
Judge
#Ending
#Discrimination
#Jury
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,
American
Judge
#State
#Challenge
#Mother
#Baby
#Worth
#states
#United
#Goal
#Rights