Thurgood Marshall Quotes

“It was taken for granted that we had to make something of ourselves. Not much was said about it; it was just in the atmosphere of the home.”

“My father had a flat rule. He believed that every man's house was his castle: no man could come in his house without his permission.”

“As soon as I reach any town, I talk to the shoe-shine boys or the barbers or the people in the restaurants, because it's Mr. Joe Doakes who is very close to reality.”

“What's wrong with me? I'm old. I'm getting old and coming apart.”

“I did the best I could with what I had.”