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

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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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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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted. – Larry Flynt

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Freedom

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. – Elbert Hubbard

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Freedom

We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation. – George Allen

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Freedom

You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom. – Corazon Aquino

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Freedom

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Travel

Im looking out for myself, but Im looking out for my dad, too. – Jamie Redknapp

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dad

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Courage

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Persistence