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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
American Judge
Born: Jul 2, 1908
Died: Jan 24, 1993
Government Great Man Own Things You
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Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. Thurgood Marshall
Democracy You Injustice Speak Country Out See Wrong Protect Make Because Inequality Pass Where Your
Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower. Thurgood Marshall
You Goals Follower Become Own Others Must Individual Pick Blind Listen Your Each
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
Teacher Somebody Few Down Nuns Our Solely Bent Ourselves Boots Bootstraps Parent Pick League Because None Got Up Ivy Ivy League Where Us Helped Here Pulling
We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future. Thurgood Marshall
Life Future Better Opportunity Past Whatever Our Those Citizens See Potential Thrown Reach Equal Equal Opportunity Deal Fences Been Denied Up Deny Than Children In The Past Race Them Full Full Potential Who Deserve Right Start Here
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Thurgood Marshall
Humanity Pay Our Ourselves Recognizing Tribute Highest Fellow Beings
I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband. Thurgood Marshall
Jealous Husband Lifetime Expect Intend Die Shot Serve Appointment
This is a great country, but fortunately for you, it is not perfect. There is much to be done to bring about complete equality. Remove hunger. Bring reality closer to theory and democratic principles. Thurgood Marshall
Great You Reality Equality Not Perfect Country Remove Complete Great Country Hunger About Perfect Democratic Principles Closer Done Much Fortunately Theory Bring
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. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. Thurgood Marshall
Rights Worth Mother Challenge Black White Baby State Say States Exactly Exactly The Same Born True Like Mississippi Goal Child Person Same Anyone Working United United States
What is the quality of your intent? Thurgood Marshall
Quality Intent Your
Today'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. Thurgood Marshall
Today Freedom Constitution Speak Decency Sense Realistic Other Several Those Corrective Blacks Only Document Fairness Because Cherish Amendment
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
Alone Man Business First Films State Books Telling No Business He First Amendment House Read His Amendment Sitting May Anything Means Watch
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. Thurgood Marshall
Doors Assure Proper Mere Adversary Access Does Courthouse Itself Process
My father had a flat rule. He believed that every man's house was his castle. He had a flat rule: no man could come in his house without his permission. Thurgood Marshall
Man Father Every Rule Castle Could Had He Come House Without Permission His Flat Believed
Deciding not to decide is, of course, among the most important things done by the Supreme Court. It takes a lot of doing, but it can be done. Thurgood Marshall
Important Important Things Takes Most Supreme Supreme Court Course Court Doing Lot Done The Most Important Decide Deciding Among Things
We could get more action in the South because the Negroes had a feeling that they were being oppressed. But you take New York, for example: they'd give Negroes little five-cent jobs here and there - and they thought they had something. And the same in Chicago and any of the metropolitan areas. Thurgood Marshall
You Thought Example Feeling Action Negroes Jobs Give Something More Area Could Take Had New For Example Because Were Oppressed South Metropolitan Chicago Get York Same Any New York Being Little Here
It was taken for granted that we had to make something of ourselves. Not much was said about it; it was just in the atmosphere of the home. Thurgood Marshall
Home Ourselves Atmosphere About Something Had Taken Taken For Granted Make Said Just Much Granted

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