Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
More Quotes from Thurgood Marshall:
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
Even if all parties approach the court's mandate with the best of conscious intentions, ... that mandate requires them to confront and overcome their own racism on all levels a challenge I doubt all of them can meet.
Thurgood Marshall
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
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
Thurgood Marshall
I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
Thurgood Marshall
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Thurgood Marshall
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