You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Where is the civil rights groundswell on behalf of stronger marriages that will allow more children to grow up in two-parent families… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
As the daughter of a civil rights leader, I believe in the power that compels people to stand up for their freedoms,… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that what is legislated bleeds down into everything. So if the legislation continues to uphold anything that doesn't support equal… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
“Edmond Locard ordered all the local organ grinders and their simian employees brought to his laboratory. A number of the monkeys, perhaps… — E.J. Wagner Copy Share Image
Generally, the arguments for same-sex marriage go along these lines: 'I have a civil right.' What the homosexual movement wants to do… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“Look, dude, you've sampled your life, mixed those sounds with a funk precedent, and established a sixteen-bar system of government for the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“Allow me to explain. Social Justice can mean many things. Gay rights, minority rights, women's rights — all good civil rights stuff.… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The reality of an historic struggle for civil rights has degenerated into the hustling rhetoric of Newspeak. “Equal opportunity” now means preferential… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We understand our audience. We write to the things that concern our audience. At one point, it was civil rights. You know,… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
At my direction, the Department's Office for Civil Rights remains committed to investigating all claims of discrimination, bullying, and harassment against those… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era,… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away… — Jon Stewart 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
A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepresented the labor and civil rights movements as two separate,… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
![“Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and "had no law at all." The Force Acts, the four Reconstruction Acts, and the Civil Rights Act were all passed by Congress while the Southern states were not…” quote by Eustace Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/329/eustace-mullins-25201_amendments_thus-these-three-amendments-to-the-const_1842281.jpg)
