For there is no constitutional right for any race to be preferred... If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with 'compelling' reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordion-like quality.

The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.

The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.

The Constitution favors no racial group, no political or social group.

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