To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today.

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

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

Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.

I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever 'fixed' at the Philadelphia Convention... To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]

What is the quality of your intent?

Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.