Constance Baker Motley Quotes

American - Activist | September 14, 1921 - September 28, 2005

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

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King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.

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King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

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

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In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

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I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

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I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

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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 the extent it has.

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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

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I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

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

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