When the civil rights are denying by the authorities, in a country.The people will be under the slavery , from the slavery… — Sumesh Nair Copy Share Image
When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“It [freedom] rings bells to remind humanity that the most precious gifts in life––like children and love and time––must never be taken… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it. — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
In 1978, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after hearings exposed the F.B.I.'s egregious practice of illegally spying on civil rights… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I argue that synagogue leaders have it backwards. Engaging individuals is what will lead them to affiliate with a synagogue as the… — Kerry M. Olitzky 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
“Even with a Democratic president behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a far larger percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for… — Ann Coulter 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
“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King.… — Stephen M. Ward 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 SNCC base of operation, at the corner of Jackson and High Streets, was in the heart of the black community in… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“I am coming to feel that the people of ill will have used time much much more effectively than the people of… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we… — James L. Farmer, Jr Copy Share Image
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society… — Julian Bond 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
[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero. — Jason Chaffetz 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
“If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes. — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of… — Cleveland Sellers Copy Share Image
“This is about Us, with a capital U; everybody who looks like us, feels like us, and is experiencing this pain with… — Angie Thomas 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
Well, it's the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
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