The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the… — Alexander Hamilton 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
How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
For centuries, faith has helped us overcome problems and helped us work to achieve a more perfect union. It has inspired the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Yes, the '60s went too far, but we were trying to find new ways, better ways, to do things. And great seeds… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
“As historian Gerald McKnight observes, “King was proposing nothing less than a radical transformation of the Civil Rights Movement into a populist… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Jimmy never met Joe Louis before that trial, only the jury didn’t know that. But Jimmy was strong for civil rights. That… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the… — James T. Walsh Copy Share Image
“Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Bopp had battered away at the foundation of modern campaign-finance law. He had succeeded in part by using the liberals’ language of… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
The government has created a nation of paper criminals. People can be put in jail and lose civil rights and liberties through… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Part of the reason I had such a drive to be an activist, and support other activists, is because I was raised… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The crowning insult [of abortion] is that this ordeal is represented to her as some kind of a privilege.Her sad and onerous… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“The birth of the civil rights movement was intimately bound up in the spread of jazz music throughout the United States. It… — Steven Johnson 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
There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
“When sins become civil rights, there is a temptation for Christians to keep our mouths shut and turn what is supposed to… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Abolition didn't just happen - people made it happen. Women's suffrage didn't just happen - people made it happen. Civil Rights legislation… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of… — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
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