Justice Thurgood Marshall, (1908-1993) first Black US Supreme Court Justice Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 Justice Thurgood Marshall quotesJustice Thurgood Marshall QuotesJustice Thurgood Marshall It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas. ... This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth, ... is fundamental to our free society.~ Justice Thurgood Marshall If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.~ Justice Thurgood Marshall Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print