Burke Marshall

Burke Marshall Quotes

United States, Lawyer
October 1, 1922 – June, 2, 2003.

Burke Marshall was an American lawyer and the head of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice during the Civil Rights Movement.

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The fire trucks are out, there are thousands of people in the streets. You have a choice. You can have this, or you let Negroes eat at the lunch counters.

Burke Marshall
- People
- Fire
With respect to drugs, you know, there are a lot of organizations, including an enormous budget and an army at the federal government level that tries to deal with the drug problem.

Burke Marshall
- Respect
- Army
- Drug

The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.

Burke Marshall
- Different
- American
- Death