We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities? We believe that it does.

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important.

If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.