A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I do not want to deny anyone their livelihood or civil rights. Who wants to discriminate against anybody... But when it comes… — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are many photos of Catholic priests and nuns marching in the Civil Rights movement, most notably at the March on Selma,… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
My heart beats red, white, and blue. And with patriotism it aches Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights But… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a Christian commonwealth…. [N]either Pagan nor [Muslim], nor Jew, ought to be excluded from the civil… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Booker Sistrunk sat awkwardly with his hands behind him and continued the mouthing: “You oughtta be ashamed of yourself, treating a brother… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
“Nixon’s dehumanization and demonization of drug offenders had been a (literally) smashing success. Tactics like these had rarely been used in the… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
What is the appeal of Trump, really? It's nostalgic: "Make America great again." Like European nationalists, he has a vision of a… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Any time you find the government involved in a conspiracy to violate the citizenship or the civil rights of a people, then… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
My father's leadership was about more than civil rights. He was deeply concerned with human rights and world peace, and he said… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
From the new hate crimes law to the repeal of DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' to the emerging popular support for… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
“Rakitin doesn't understand it, all he wants is to build his house and rent out rooms...Life is simple for Rakitin: 'You'd do… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think part of why schizophrenia got linked to civil rights protest in the '60s was because mainstream society was coding threats… — Jonathan Michel Metzl Copy Share Image
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is remarkable for its truth-telling about two important issues concerning Alabama's past and present: the… — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
This is a crucial time in the fight for corporate civil rights. Just look at the hateful signs at Occupy Wallstreet: 'Corporations… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The war on drugs to me is absolutely phoney, its so obviously phoney, ok? It's a war against our civil rights, that's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
My friends, to those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for… — David Duke Copy Share Image
“Allow me to explain. Social Justice can mean many things. Gay rights, minority rights, women's rights — all good civil rights stuff.… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“Look, dude, you've sampled your life, mixed those sounds with a funk precedent, and established a sixteen-bar system of government for the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
Generally, the arguments for same-sex marriage go along these lines: 'I have a civil right.' What the homosexual movement wants to do… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“The civil rights revolution of the 1960s was vital, but it wasn’t a panacea, and the problems of today—from the racial wealth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Edmond Locard ordered all the local organ grinders and their simian employees brought to his laboratory. A number of the monkeys, perhaps… — E.J. Wagner Copy Share Image
The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“Today, by contrast, students explode over imagined slights that are not even remotely in the same category as fighting for civil rights… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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