There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

Quote by William J Brennan Jr

Topics: Civil Rights Quotes

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century...

We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the...

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject...

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...