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Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

A man can make what he wants of ...

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

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

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.

We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we're winning. In Grace under Pressure, by Hastie, 1984.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

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

What is the quality of your intent?

Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?

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

Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

We must dissent from the fear.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

You do what you think is right and let the law catch up,

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

Truth is more than a mental exercise.

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

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

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

The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.

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

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

[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]

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