"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]"

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Source : "RNC uses Thurgood Marshall speech to attack Supreme Court nominee Kagan" by Russell Berman, thehill.com. May 11, 2010.

Thurgood Marshall

#Believe Quotes #Government Quotes #Philadelphia Quotes

“In order to trust your body as a guide, the first step is to begin to understand it.”
“Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.”
“You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet, keep it quiet. Don't get bored with peace, be in it, go deeper into it.”
“Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.”
“The consensus is that no more than five to ten people in a hundred who die by gunfire in Los Angeles are any loss to society. These people fight small wars amongst themselves. It would seem a valid social service to keep them well-supplied with ammunition.”

Source : Guns and Ammo Magazine, April 1991.
“Just like Brad Pitt and what's her name!”
“The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a light across the sea.”

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