Quotes by Constance Baker Motley

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a...

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In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got...

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In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal...

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I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in...

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I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

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I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my...

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I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

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I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to...

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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to...

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I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case...

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How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

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Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the...

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