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
Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry… — Thomas Jefferson 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
Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
If it's necessary to form a Black Nationalist army, we'll form a Black Nationalist army. It'll be ballot or the bullet. It'll… — Malcolm X 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
We're talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8. — Kamala Harris 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
I agree that income disparity is the great issue of our time. It is even broader and more difficult than the civil… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of… — John Legend Copy Share Image
“It is no longer enough to just be a good person. We must work to be the next Abraham Lincoln or Martin… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
First of all, [St. Stephen's] is a radical church. It was one of the first DC churches to have gay ceremonies. A… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs - 'We shall overcome.' Everybody would sing it. Music helped us.… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
The power granted the Attorney General to intervene in all equal-protection-of-the-law cases is extremely broad and dangerous. Choices made by the Attorney… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with… — James F. Cooper 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
“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as… — Bruce Bartlett 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
“OCR [US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights] also states that a "school should also ensure that hearings are conducted in… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
I was morose that the Era of Barack Obama has returned us to a period where everything is racist, everyone is walking… — Ann Coulter 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
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
As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices. — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own particular ways of being happy, provided those ways… — William James Copy Share Image
“Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Never be sheep, never be pawn - never let no primate ruin the dawn. Gospel, gov-spell, it's all a front - first… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The great civil rights leader Howard Thurman once said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive. Because… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
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