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

 

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.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Burke Marshall quotes in our collection. Burke Marshall is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

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

I came out of the government in 1965 right after the inauguration. It was hard getting out of the government at that time, for someone like me, anyway. I got out finally after a lot of diddling and discussion with President Johnson.

Burke Marshall