A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.

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

Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot or he didn't get melted down.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

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]

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.