Dred Scott v. Sandford,60 U.S. 393 (1957), S. 407: “beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect”
Urteil Brown v. Board of Education,347 U.S. 483 (1954), S. 493: “Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.”
The Surpeme Court, Expanding Civil Rights, Primary Sources. Thirteen/WNET, abgerufen am 11. August 2007.: “I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by “liberal” colleagyes [sic], but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed. … To the argument … that a majority may not deprive a minority of its constitutional right, the answer must be made that while this is sound in theory, in the long run it is the majority who will determine what the constitutional rights of the minority are.”
