Our Whole Constitutional Heritage Rebels

Classifications And Distinctions Based On Race Or Color Have No Moral Or Legal Validity In Our Society. They Are Contrary To Our Constitution And Laws.

None Of Us Got Where We Are Solely By Pulling Ourselves Up By Our Bootstraps. We Got Here Because Somebody - A Parent, A Teacher, An Ivy League Crony Or A Few Nuns - Bent Down And Helped Us Pick Up Our Boots.

To The Contrary, The Government They Devised Was Defective From The Start, Requiring Several Amendments, A Civil War And Momentous Social Transformation To Attain The System Of Constitutional Government, And Its Respect For The Individual Freedoms And Human Rights, We Hold As Fundamental Today.

[it Is] A Historic Step Toward Eliminating The Shameful Practice Of Racial Discrimination In The Selection Of Juries.

The First Amendment Serves Not Only The Needs Of The Polity But Also Those Of The Human Spirit - A Spirit That Demands Self-expression .