Quote by Thurgood Marshall
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds. – 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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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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Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be. – Jesse Ventura

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Government

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government

In the councils of a state, the question is not so much, what ought to be done? As, what can be done? – Proverb

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Government

Good government is the outcome of private virtue. – John Jay Chapman

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Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper. – Gerald Early

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May the birdies always land at your feet. – Badminton saying

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The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. – Dante Alighieri

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