I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
I would describe Bloody Sunday as a day in Derry history, Irish history, that changed the course of history. It was a… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or… — Lyman Trumbull Copy Share Image
“Mass incarceration—not attacks on affirmative action or lax civil rights enforcement—is the most damaging manifestation of the backlash against the Civil Rights… — Michelle Alexander 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
From the new hate crimes law to the repeal of DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' to the emerging popular support for… — Tom Perez 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
My father's leadership was about more than civil rights. He was deeply concerned with human rights and world peace, and he said… — Martin Luther King III 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
“France took a statist turn very early, so speaking up for liberty meant speaking against the state. In America, given the centrality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Where race is concerned, America has had a horrible, a wretched history and that came to account in the 1960s, with the… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
The 21st century for the black community is about building human capital. That is the undone business. That is the unmet need.… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
I would say when I went to Michigan. It started. I got very very involved in civil rights in Ann Harbor right… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The things I really cared about - poverty, the Great Society, civil rights - were all being drained away by the Vietnam… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“Democrats have to continue championing civil rights, human rights, and other issues that are part of our march toward a more perfect… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
The American people are much more practical than Republican lawmakers on equal pay, on the minimum wage, on same-sex marriage, and on… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those… — Benjamin Harrison Copy Share Image
The argument of those who are being criticized at any time, the civil rights movement forward, the anti-war movement forward, is, it's… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
We are working with the office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in addressing the challenges with the social media companies to… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of… — Andrew Aydin 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
The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you… — Lynn Samuels Copy Share Image
“National security trumps a lot. It can trampke civil rights. It can denude personal liberties. But it cannot and never will triumph… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Food is an important lens onto the civil rights movement. One of the central issues of the movement was the right to… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
In every aspect and among almost every demographic, how American society digested and processed the long, dark chapter between the end of… — Douglas A. Blackmon Copy Share Image
Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
“It's voting rights or it's the filibuster. It's LGBTQ+ rights or it's the filibuster. It's union rights or it's the filibuster. It's… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
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