The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“widespread. Some states go so far as to forcibly sterilize people with certain disabilities. Some prohibit marriage for the genetically disabled, for… — Ben Mattlin Copy Share Image
Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all… — James L. Farmer, Jr Copy Share Image
In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the rule. The majority of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
My father's approach to the most brutal and unambiguous social injustices during the civil rights struggle was rooted in nonviolence as a… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Neither my great-grandfather an NAACP founder, my grandfather Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. an NAACP leader, my father Rev. A. D. Williams… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
“3. Serving Two Masters Derrick Bell has pointed out a third structure that impedes reform, this time in law. To litigate a… — Richard Delgado Copy Share Image
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Through the dark days of legalized segregation and on into the civil rights era, jazz shone as a beacon for achieving interracial… — Randy Sandke 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
We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
Civil rights for all Americans, black, white, red, yellow, the rich, poor, young, old, gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger… — Jack Nicholson 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
As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The very rights that we supposedly won for African Americans in the civil rights movement no longer exist for those labeled felons.… — 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
Black History Month could focus less on slavery and civil rights and more on the Harlem Renaissance and everything we have achieved.… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
You've got the whole civil rights movements emanating from the south, you've got the music that came out of the south that… — Debra Winger 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
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 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