In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Thurgood Marshall
None of us has gotten where we are solely by pulling ourselves up from our own bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent down and helped us.
Thurgood Marshall
The equal protection clause does not require proportional representation, ... meaningless ballots.
Thurgood Marshall
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
Thurgood Marshall