| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| 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 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Law: Judicial Opinions |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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