Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. King described forgiveness… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
“Justice” [Sept. 15]: It appears that the outcome of the civil rights movement has been to replace “Blacks not welcome” with “This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think my experience at the University of Chicago, working in the civil rights movement, working in the peace movement, working with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Jews allow to steal lands from Palestinians, only because they are Jews, and those are Palestinian. I want to repeat it, because… — Udi Aloni Copy Share Image
We have to help decision makers realize that women's reproductive health rights are civil rights and that women need to be free… — Maggie Hassan Copy Share Image
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the country’s founding to the glory of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just five days now before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States after the most intense week yet of this transition.It… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The most memorable interviews for me are folks whose names I don't know: young civil rights leaders in the South, showing great… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Many Americans who supported the initial thrust of civil rights, as represented by the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation,… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Access to a quality education in our country is a civil right for all Americans young and old. But to ensure it… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely… — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights,… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
“We all have a stake—equally. Because if we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have written 13 books, full of my ideas about a variety of issues - from black women, to hip-hop culture, to… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
“Barack Obama so spooked the bigoted whites of this country that we are now faced with a racist explicitness that we haven’t… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press… — Lowell Bergman Copy Share Image
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