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Quote by Thurgood Marshall
Todays Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only becaus

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

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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Thurgood Marshall
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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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Teacher Appreciation
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Thurgood Marshall
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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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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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Real change isnt found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all. – Guy Finley

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Freedom

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person Im competing with is me. – Wilma Rudolph

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Freedom

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. – Nelson Mandela

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Freedom

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. – Charles Schumer

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Freedom

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I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace. – Thurston Moore

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Right now, it hasnt affected my music other than the fact that I dont have time to write any of it. Thats no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and Id have to quit. – Paul Westerberg

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My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good. – Usain Bolt

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