People look at fame and feel deprived if they haven't got it, feeling that this is a basic, almost a human right,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll was uniting black kids and white kids, and rock 'n' roll is not being given credit... for being just… — Daryl Davis 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
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Detroit was an exaggeration of what was going on across the country. You could see the divisions, even within the Civil Rights… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
“Fore more than a decade - from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s - conservatives systematically and strategically linked opposition to civil… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I never aspired to the local political fiefdom thing that a lot of people ascribed me to. I saw myself as a… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
“The Treasury had brought into being an underclass of information workers who were functionaries of the state without having full civil rights,… — Marie Hicks Copy Share Image
Any of us who work on the task of solving the climate crisis have at times an internal struggle between hope and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Vice President Mondale devoted himself to championing the civil rights of all Americans and worked to ensure that everyone has opportunity to… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. I… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
I heard the prophet Joseph Smith say the time would come when this nation would so far depart from its original purity,… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Connecticut is proud of the human rights legacy of Thomas Dodd, and the work of the University of Connecticut to build on… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have to help decision makers realize that women's reproductive health rights are civil rights and that women need to be free… — Maggie Hassan Copy Share Image
Jews allow to steal lands from Palestinians, only because they are Jews, and those are Palestinian. I want to repeat it, because… — Udi Aloni Copy Share Image
Because I'm a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the country’s founding to the glory of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Liberals say this over and over and over again to hide the actual history, which is why I go through the specifics… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo --… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Eventually [black men] are arrested, whether they've committed any serious crime or not, and branded criminals or felons for life. Upon release,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Alabama's Black Belt region played a central role in both the history of our great state and our country. We cannot lose… — Tommy Tuberville 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… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to… — John Lewis 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
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago,… — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
“King became the movement’s voice and launched a new phase of mass protest. He was a disciple of the teachings of Gandhi… — Anthony R. Fellow Copy Share Image
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
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