It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if… — William Odom Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, given the rules of the American political game, people who try to participate by self-righteously refusing to identify with one or… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, there were no national cemeteries, no processes for identifying the dead in the battle. There weren't any dog… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
“Criminal’ pompousness will not do; ‘civil’ pompousness is acceptable.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it,… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
“Once you have realized that law enforcement are not going to uphold your legal rights, you should always exercise your legal right… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be a civil engineer. Not a ballerina, not a doctor, a civil engineer. I was… — Bitsie Tulloch Copy Share Image
When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I never aspired to the local political fiefdom thing that a lot of people ascribed me to. I saw myself as a… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
An educated child earns more later in life, knows how to keep their own children from dying, produces more food, is less… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
