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

— Thurgood Marshall

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Frequently paraphrased as "Do what you think is right and let the law catch up."

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We must dissent, because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.

The effects of the Framers' compromise have remained for generations. They arose from the contradiction between guaranteeing liberty and justice to all, and denying both to Negroes.

But, above all else, the First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content.

There's no difference between a white snake and a black snake. They'll both bite.

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

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