Quotes by Thurgood Marshall

Explore a curated collection of 11 quotes by Thurgood Marshall. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take ro — Thurgood Marshall
Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous charact — Thurgood Marshall
I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must — Thurgood Marshall
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, — 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 — Thurgood Marshall
This is a great country, but fortunately for you, it is not perfect. There is much to be done to bring about complete eq — Thurgood Marshall
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. — Thurgood Marshall
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. — Thurgood Marshall
I never worked hard until I got to the Howard Law School and met Charlie Houston... I saw this man's dedication, his vis — Thurgood Marshall
Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments — Thurgood Marshall
We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal oppor — Thurgood Marshall