Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1794
AUTHOR:
Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
QUOTATION:
At the very least, the freedom that Congress is empowered to secure … includes the freedom to buy whatever a white man can buy, the right to live wherever a white man can live. If Congress cannot say that being a freeman means at least this much, then the 13th Amendment made a promise it cannot keep.
ATTRIBUTION:
Majority opinion in 7-2 ruling that upheld a 102-year-old law prohibiting racial discrimination in the sale and rental of real estate, 17 Jun 68
