"I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband."
- Thurgood MarshallFrom 1967 until his retirement in 1991, Thurgood Marshall, a well-known American lawyer and jurist, was the first African American justice to serve on the US Supreme Court. Because of his reputation for witty remarks and his longstanding commitment to civil rights, his words frequently carried weigh…