In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
I grew up in Illinois in an environment where my parents were very politically active in the civil rights movement. — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.” — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
When I was trained as a journalist, as a race-relations reporter in Nashville covering the end of the civil-rights movement, we were… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
We need a modern people's lobby that empowers all of us to choose our leaders and set our agenda. Imagine voting for… — Mark Pincus Copy Share Image
There's a pattern of the pathway opening in a certain way. We stared thinking, there's so many wonderful films about civil rights… — Marisa Tomei Copy Share Image
One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“The evolution of national unity and equal rights is all about what America represents as a nation today: a manifestation of the… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history,… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
“Many black and poor people, moreover, had become politicized by the civil rights movement and had begun to develop higher expectations from… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was… — George Takei Copy Share Image
In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. I… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,… — Marian Anderson Copy Share Image
“If somebody comes and scoops up all of my neighbor’s information because they’re on Verizon and just gathers all of that information,… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I heard the prophet Joseph Smith say the time would come when this nation would so far depart from its original purity,… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the… — Rich Eisen Copy Share Image
In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor! — David Duke Copy Share Image
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. — Mary Jane Patterson Copy Share Image
Civil rights activists and union activists shared not just common values and objectives but also common enemies. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. — Samuel Bowers Copy Share Image
Victimize gun owners, then blame the victims. That's the Chicago Way, and it will never change as long as city bosses are… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
“Something is terribly wrong in our society today when that blood washed banner of the Civil Rights movement which men and women… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
It's time for us as a country to try to come together in ways that freedom was really meant to be. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
John Lewis' vital role in the civil rights movement will never be forgotten, and his legacy will forever be acknowledged by our… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
