Quote by Thurgood Marshall
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. - Thurgood Mars

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. – Thurgood Marshall

Other quotes by 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

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alone
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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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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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Other Quotes from
History
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Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. – Robert Mugabe

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History

We proceed out of history into history again. – Sidney Alexander

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History

Something as curious as the monarchy wont survive unless you take account of peoples attitudes. After all, if people dont want it, they wont have it. – Prince Charles

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History

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. – Vivienne Westwood

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History

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Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and its cowardice. – George Jackson

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Patience

If a mans character is to be abused theres nobody like a relative to do the business. – Alexander Pope

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Business

All great change in America begins at the dinner table. – Ronald Reagan

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Change

We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Eating