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 don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement. — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. — Tom Allen Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of jobs and titles while working in politics. But at the end of the day, one thing has… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“We all have a stake—equally. Because if we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have written 13 books, full of my ideas about a variety of issues - from black women, to hip-hop culture, to… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Just five days now before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States after the most intense week yet of this transition.It… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
What is the appeal of Trump, really? It's nostalgic: "Make America great again." Like European nationalists, he has a vision of a… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Any time you find the government involved in a conspiracy to violate the citizenship or the civil rights of a people, then… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
Yet civil rights issues are very much on the front burner in South Carolina between the Black Lives Matter movement and police… — Ari Shapiro Copy Share Image
Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. — Constance Baker Motley 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
I believe in civil rights, but not in special privilege laws to allow flaunting homosexuals to become role models for children. — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
[Civil right leaders]themselves in their pronouncements will tell you they need white allies, they need white help, they need white this. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he… — Adolf Hitler 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 civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” — Thomas Jefferson 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
And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. — Julian Castro 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
Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. — Mary Jane Patterson Copy Share Image
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