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

Other quotes by Thurgood Marshall

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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds. – Thurgood Marshall

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Government
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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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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. – Jacques Barzun

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. – Karl Menninger

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. – John E. Southard

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. – Gail Godwin

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Princeton, 1954

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Hearing voices no one else can hear isnt a good sign, even in the wizarding world. – J. K. Rowling

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Homey dont quit. What else are you gonna do? Its like those guys in the cartoon they get up in the morning, check the clock and fight all day and after its over they check the clock and go home. Thats how it goes. – Chubby Checker

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Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. – Author Unknown

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