Author: Harry A. Blackmun

Quotes

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

- Harry A. Blackmun

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

- Harry A. Blackmun

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

- Harry A. Blackmun

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

- Harry A. Blackmun

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.

- Harry A. Blackmun

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