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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

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

Category:
Teacher Appreciation
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Thurgood Marshall
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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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Thurgood Marshall
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. – Sheryl Crow

Category:
Freedom

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values. – Steve Forbes

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Freedom

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. – Germaine Greer

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Freedom

I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class. – Mary Harris Jones

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Freedom

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respect

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

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Coffee (or Tea)

I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyones eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming. – Madeleine Stowe

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Humor

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Faith