“Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen. — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up. — Kate Thompson Copy Share Image
“Lack of inclusivity in society is not a bug, it's a feature of western eurocentric education.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
As a civil rights attorney and the daughter of a preacher, I understand I have a debt to pay. — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I'm often accused of hiring people with civil rights experience, and I do plead guilty to that. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“[People] are beginning to awaken to an idea we gave meaning to in the sixties: We are one people, one family, the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement… — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights. — David Duke Copy Share Image
The psychedelic issue is a civil rights and civil liberties issue. It is an issue concerned with the most basic of human… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
In the current struggle, there is one positive course of action. There is no alternative, for the alternative would connote a rear… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
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
If someone needs to express their gender in a way that is different, that is okay, and they should not be denied… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
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
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
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
“3. Serving Two Masters Derrick Bell has pointed out a third structure that impedes reform, this time in law. To litigate a… — Richard Delgado Copy Share Image
A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“There was one story that anger certainly lit the fuse of. In the 1960's, in my home town of Jackson, the civil… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“The basic move of liberalism is to replace the social centre (normal people) with the margin (foreigners, minorities, deviants) forever. The stack… — Mike Maxwell Copy Share Image
...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent… They must harass, debate,… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
Civil rights, as we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty;… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
“In a landmark ruling, New York Times v. Sullivan changed the standard for defamation and libel by requiring plaintiffs to prove malice--that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The right to vote, or equal civil rights, may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Let us bask in each other's rights, freedom is foul if it isn't shared.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am a Black woman raised by parents who were active in the civil-rights movement. — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't. — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
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![“The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck and Tom and the controversy surrounding [Mark] Twain's use of them and from my own passionate interest in civil rights, animal rights, and the right of Earth to survive…” quote by Norman Lock](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/26b/norman-lock-21222_animal_the-critique-of-social-inequality-which_145721.jpg)
