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Harold Hitz Burton

The right to be free from unreasonable discriminations belongs … to each particular person. Where a dining car is available to passengers holding tickets entitling them to use it, each such passenger is equally entitled to its facilities.

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Education is more than buildings and faculties. It is a habit of mind. With the 14th Amendment, states do not have the choice. Segregation violates equal protection. Separate education is not sufficient for today's problems. It is not reasonable to educate people separately for a joint life

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Harold Hitz Burton

The power of eminent domain is essential to a sovereign government.

Harold Hitz Burton

… we have a fighting constitution

He was referring to the fact that the Constitution provides mechanisms for the fighting of wars. See {616597}.

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Harold Hitz Burton

Born: June 22, 1888
Died: October 28, 1964
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Harold Hitz Burton was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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