Quote by Thurgood Marshall
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has n

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

Other quotes by Thurgood Marshall

Todays 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

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Freedom
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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. Its not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. – Thurgood Marshall

Category:
Racism
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No one ever said on their deathbed, Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer. – Danielle Berry

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. – John Dryden

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alone

When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see Frankenstein and Dracula on the big screen. I just fell in love with them. – George A. Romero

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alone

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone. – Rudyard Kipling

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alone

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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

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