Best Thurgood Marshall Quotes
- 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… Absence
- None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher,… Appreciation
- Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Censorship
- I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband. Appointment
- 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… Anyone
- In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Beings
- 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… Amendment
- What is the quality of your intent? Inspirational
- Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. Access
- 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… Alone
- Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. Accomplished
- Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman. Collar
- 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.… America
- Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been… American
- History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. Constitutional
- I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough. Civil Rights
- 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… Action
- 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… Alone
- We are all the same All