I am a Democrat and disagree with virtually all of President Trump's policy positions, including those on healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights,… — Eva Moskowitz Copy Share Image
The foundations of modern civil-rights law are exceptionally secure. Conservative judges nibble around the edges sometimes, and people still debate the constitutionality… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
Civil rights are those which appertain to man in right of his being a member of society. Every civil right has for… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
But there are a couple of places where it is clear to me that there should be no ambiguity of corporate responsibility… — Leo Hindery Copy Share Image
I've always stood for my people, with my people, but some guys just don't have voices like that. I don't like the… — P. J. Tucker Copy Share Image
I suppose that the first organized effort that might be considered something of civil rights was the Young Negroes' Cooperative League. Now,… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
“I focused my speech on the way in which 1960s leftists had betrayed their own ideals by doing an about-face on civil… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The rhetoric of ‘law and order’ was first mobilized in the late 1950s as Southern governors and law enforcement officials attempted to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Today on MLK DAY, please remember those who marched when it was illegal to march, participated in sit-ins in restaurants like the… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
What I'm slowly realizing is that I believe that most of us felt that we could relax a little bit after November… — Questlove Copy Share Image
“Already the people murmur that I am your enemy because they say that in verse I give the world your me. They… — Julia de Burgos Jack Agüero Translator Copy Share Image
Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The third Great Awakening is variously said to have started between the 1860s and 1890; it continued into the early 1900s and… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter.As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A slew of federal civil rights legislation protecting the newly freed slaves was passed during the relatively brief but extraordinary period of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The FBI wants Apple to write software code to help it break into the iPhone. Apple doesn't want to say this. Andrew… — Laura Sydell Copy Share Image
There's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I must personally say that I do question the sincerity and nonviolent intentions of some civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of research about the Civil Rights movement, and I'm fascinated with how difficult it would have been for… — Joshua Henry Copy Share Image
Mary O'Neal used to say that I was teaching her course in disguise, as she said "in cultural disguise." What she meant… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
I think that the most effective social protest that any artist can do would be things that come naturally and feel obvious.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
“We have an abundance of rape and violence against women in this country and on this Earth, though it’s almost never treated… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Mr. Sessions' conduct as a U.S. Attorney, from his politically-motivated voting fraud prosecutions to his indifference toward criminal violations of civil rights… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement… — Sarah Weinman 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
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we… — John F. Kennedy 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
![“John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter.As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who was leading the parades during the [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] era. So, we all respect his history. But then I hear him crying the blues about Mr. [Donald] Trump and saying he's an…” quote by Jim Brown](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/301/jim-brown-2991_civil-rights_john-lewis-has-great-history-as-a-civil_1391826.png)
