Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology.… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created… — Paul Craig Roberts 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
I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and… — Alan Autry Copy Share Image
The notion of women being written out of history is as old as the Bible, but it always seems more galling when… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
You need to fight cases in the courts, but you certainly cannot rely on the courts, you need to testify in Congress… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization.… — John Stott Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids.… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
“They couldn't very well bag everyone wearing a cowboy hat. This was Texas, which meant there'd be plenty of hats, and besides,… — J. Fally 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
When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War… — Andrea Mitchell Copy Share Image
You know, you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and headteachers should. It's within their… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
“Shout out to the noisemakers. Our world needs your voices. Make noise for justice. Make noise for inclusion. Make noise for empathy.… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
“was my first indication that the policies of Mamaw’s “party of the working man”—the Democrats—weren’t all they were cracked up to be.… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
“Today, by contrast, students explode over imagined slights that are not even remotely in the same category as fighting for civil rights… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image