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

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

Category:
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

Category:
Racism
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. – Edward R. Murrow

Category:
Freedom

Theres a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus… its where all the freaks go – its the environment for me. – Brian Molko

Category:
Freedom

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, theyve answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. – Tim Pawlenty

Category:
Freedom

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. – Baruch Spinoza

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Freedom

Random Quotes

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Government

My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of a half a century. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Category:
Fathers

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain – until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. – Jane Addams

Category:
Poverty

I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. Its a very particular part of the country. – Sela Ward

Category:
Food