The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepresented the labor and civil rights movements as two separate,… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I've always stood for my people, with my people, but some guys just don't have voices like that. I don't like the… — P. J. Tucker Copy Share Image
In California, Jim Jones even staged a shooting of himself. The lesson of this was two-fold. One, that he was a god… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
You have to have a multipronged approach and a significant part of that is educating the public and change the culture so… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Let's look at two things real quickly: the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the Sixties and the Arab Spring starting in… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about… — Pete Earley Copy Share Image
When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because my uncle and my parents were always very involved with the civil rights movement, so I just grew up… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
As the daughter of a civil rights leader, I believe in the power that compels people to stand up for their freedoms,… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that what is legislated bleeds down into everything. So if the legislation continues to uphold anything that doesn't support equal… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
Where is the civil rights groundswell on behalf of stronger marriages that will allow more children to grow up in two-parent families… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Where was the libertarian right during the great struggles for individual liberty in America in the last half-century? The libertarian movement has… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
We understand our audience. We write to the things that concern our audience. At one point, it was civil rights. You know,… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
At my direction, the Department's Office for Civil Rights remains committed to investigating all claims of discrimination, bullying, and harassment against those… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
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