Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has — Thurgood Marshall
Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What’s shaking, chiefy baby? — Thurgood Marshall
I’m the world’s original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough. — Thurgood Marshall
I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], — Thurgood Marshall
Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color — Thurgood Marshall
The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much. — Thurgood Marshall
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, — Thurgood Marshall
The government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, — Thurgood Marshall
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds. — Thurgood Marshall
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating — Thurgood Marshall
A child born to a black mother in a state like mississippi… has exactly the same rights — Thurgood Marshall
Today’s constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective — Thurgood Marshall
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. — Thurgood Marshall