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Thurgood Marshall quotes: Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

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

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

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: A man can make what he wants of ...

A man can make what he wants of ...

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: 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.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: What is the quality of your intent?

What is the quality of your intent?

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?

Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?

Thurgood Marshall quotes: A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: We must dissent from the fear.

We must dissent from the fear.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: You do what you think is right and let the law catch up,

You do what you think is right and let the law catch up,

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

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Truth is more than a mental exercise.

Truth is more than a mental exercise.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.

I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.

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

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

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

Thurgood Marshall quotes: The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,

The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,

Thurgood Marshall quotes: Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.

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 quotes: [It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

Thurgood Marshall quotes: The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression .

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression .

Thurgood Marshall quotes: [T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]

[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]

Thurgood Marshall quotes: 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.