Thurgood Marshall Quote

While it may be true that laws and constitutions do not act to right wrong and overturn established folkways overnight, it is also true that the reaffirmation of these principles of democracy build a body of public opinion in which rights and privileges of citizenship may be enjoyed, and in which the more brazen as well as the more sophisticated attempts at deprivation may be halted.


Equal Justice Under Law [July 1939]. The Crisis


While it may be true that laws and constitutions do not act to right wrong and overturn established folkways overnight, it is also true that the...

While it may be true that laws and constitutions do not act to right wrong and overturn established folkways overnight, it is also true that the...

While it may be true that laws and constitutions do not act to right wrong and overturn established folkways overnight, it is also true that the...

While it may be true that laws and constitutions do not act to right wrong and overturn established folkways overnight, it is also true that the...