Original: «At a time in our history when the streets of the Nation's cities inspire fear and despair, rather than pride and hope, it is difficult to maintain objectivity and concern for our fellow citizens. But, the measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis. No nation in the recorded history of man has a greater tradition of revering justice and fair treatment for all its citizens in times of turmoil, confusion, and tension than ours. This is a country which stands tallest in troubled times, a country that clings to fundamental principles, cherishes its constitutional heritage, and rejects simple solutions that compromise the values that lie at the roots of our democratic system.»
Fuente: Citado en Chemerinsky, Erwin; Levenson, Laurie L.Criminal Procedure. Editorial Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2017. ISBN 9781454876656. p. 1210.
Fuente: Caso Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, opinión concurrente (17 de enero de 1972).
Frases célebres de Thurgood Marshall
Original: «The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes-even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. The country can't do it. Afro and White, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, our fates are bound together. We can run from each other, but we cannot escape each other. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same. America's diversity offers so much richness and opportunity. Take a chance, won't you? Knock down the fences, which divide. Tear apart the walls that imprison you. Reach out. Freedom lies just on the other side. We shall have liberty for all.»
Fuente: Marshall, Thurgood. Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings. Editor J. Clay Smith, Jr. Edición ilustrada. Editorial University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. ISBN 9780812236903. p. 314.
Fuente: Discurso pronunciado el 6 de septiembre de 1990, antes de la Conferencia Judicial Anual del Segundo Circuito.
Original: «Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.»
Fuente: Citado en Dudziak, Mary L. Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey. Editorial Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780199839957.
Fuente: Discurso en la convención nacional de Alpha Phi Alpha, St. Louis, Missouri, 15 de agosto de 1966, según lo informado por el periódico St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 17 de agosto de 1966, p. 1.
Original: «America must get to work. In the chilled climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing winds. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that buried its head in the sand waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education, or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and timeless absence of moral leadership. We must dissent, because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.»
Fuente: Marshall, Thurgood. Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings. Editor J. Clay Smith, Jr. Edición ilustrada. Editorial University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. ISBN 9780812236903. p. XV.
Fuente: Discurso pronunciado el 6 de septiembre de 1990, antes de la Conferencia Judicial Anual del Segundo Circuito.
Thurgood Marshall: Frases en inglés
“[T]here's no difference between a white snake and a black snake. They'll both bite.”
Lewis
Neil A.
June 29, 1991
Marshall Urges Bush to Pick 'the Best'
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/29/us/marshall-urges-bush-to-pick-the-best.html
2017-04-08
MIsquote: White snake, black snake: They both bite.
Speech delivered on September 6, 1990, before the Annual Judicial Conference of the Second Circuit, quoted in Supreme Justice Speeches and Writings Thurgood Marshall. Edited by J. Clay Smith, Jr., 2002
Contexto: The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes-even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. The country can't do it. Afro and White, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, our fates are bound together. We can run from each other, but we cannot escape each other. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same. America's diversity offers so much richness and opportunity. Take a chance, won't you? Knock down the fences, which divide. Tear apart the walls that imprison you. Reach out. Freedom lies just on the other side. We shall have liberty for all.
“We must dissent, because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
Speech delivered on September 6, 1990, before the Annual Judicial Conference of the Second Circuit, quoted in Supreme Justice Speeches and Writings Thurgood Marshall. Edited by J. Clay Smith, Jr., 2002
Contexto: America must get to work. In the chilled climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing winds. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that buried its head in the sand waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education, or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and timeless absence of moral leadership. We must dissent, because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.
ThurgoodMarshall.com, Speeches. Constitutional Speech http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/speeches/constitutional_speech.htm (May 6, 1987)
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, Concurring opinion (January 17, 1972)
Speech at the national convention of Alpha Phi Alpha, St. Louis, Missouri, August 15, 1966, as reported by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, August 17, 1966, p. 1.
Speech delivered on September 6, 1990, before the Annual Judicial Conference of the Second Circuit, quoted in Supreme Justice Speeches and Writings Thurgood Marshall. Edited by J. Clay Smith, Jr. (2002).
Regents of University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265, 400-401 (1978) (Marshall, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part).
Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396 (1974) (Concurring opinion).
Writing for the court, Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
Speech delivered on September 6, 1990, before the Annual Judicial Conference of the Second Circuit, quoted in Supreme Justice Speeches and Writings Thurgood Marshall. Edited by J. Clay Smith, Jr. (2002).