I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.

We must dissent from the fear.

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.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.