Thurgood Marshall's Quotes
Born: 1908-07-02
Profession: Judge
Nation: American
Biography of 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.
Tags: Few, Here, TeacherOur whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.
Tags: Men, Politics, PowerA 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. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.
Tags: Black, Mother, TrueI have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
Tags: Die, Husband, JealousIn recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Tags: Humanity, Ourselves, PayToday's 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.
Tags: Freedom, Sense, TodayMere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
Tags: Doors, Process, ProperIf 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.
Tags: Alone, Business, MayEnding racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Tags: Challenges, Ending, RacialSurely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.
Tags: Fact, Hair, Him