"The central problem with Chicago's ordinance is that it describes permissible picketing in terms of its subject matte…"

"At a time in our history when the streets of the Nation's cities inspire fear and despair, rather than pride and hope…"

"When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind does not become closed to i…"

"The experience of Negroes in America has been different in kind, not just in degree, from that of other ethnic groups…"

"History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too ext…"

"I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever “fixed” at the Philadelphia Convention. Nor do I fi…"

"America must get to work. In the chilled climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing winds. We must d…"

"The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes-even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job bel…"

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

"The effects of the Framers' compromise have remained for generations. They arose from the contradiction between guara…"