The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.

[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written document now yellowed with age . . . [F]or many Americans the bicentennial celebration will be little more than a blind pilgrimage to the shrine of the original document now stored in a vault in the National Archives. [Progressive]

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

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.