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Quote by Thurgood Marshall
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. – Thurgood Marshall

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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

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Racism
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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Black History
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The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.” – Dan Rather

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Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around. – Helen Peters

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I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. – Alexander the Great

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The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate “apparently ordinary” people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. – K. Patricia Cross

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