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Letter "T" » Thurgood Marshall Quotes
«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.»
«What is the quality of your intent?Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through. We cannot sugarcoat the feelings in our heart of hearts. The emotion is the energy that motivates. We cannot ignore what we really want to create. We should be honest and do it the way we feel it. What we owe to ourselves and everyone around is to examine the reasons of our true intent.My intent will be evident in the results.»
«In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.»
«If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.»
Author: Thurgood Marshall
(Jurist, Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution
| Keywords:
amendment, films, Mean Business
«Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.»
«Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.»
«I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.»
«Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.»
Author: Thurgood Marshall
(Jurist, Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution,
Control,
Men,
Mind,
Power
| Keywords:
constitutional, heritage, rebels
«Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.»
Author: Thurgood Marshall
(Jurist, Lawyer)
| About:
Discrimination
| Keywords:
discrimination, Eliminating, jury, peremptory, racial, racial discrimination
«What is the quality of your intent?»
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