When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform… — Howard Zinn 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
It's time for us as a country to try to come together in ways that freedom was really meant to be. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I believe in civil rights, but not in special privilege laws to allow flaunting homosexuals to become role models for children. — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
“Contrary to unwritten political law of abuse, Civilians are not the doormats of democracy. Civilians are the doors, civilians are the buildings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among… — Lyman Trumbull Copy Share Image
I've never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had… — Russell Simmons 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
My issue is race. I feel black people nowadays have to conform to this one ideal. We all have to be the… — Kamanda Ndama Copy Share Image
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
“In Hollywood films and television documentaries, the battle lines are clearly drawn. Traditional public schools are bad; their supporters are apologists for… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
“I am an American, proud to be an American, proud to be a black American. I’m not African-American. I’ve never been to… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
It really did take Billy Lucas's suicide to wake me up to, kind of, the damage of the success of the LGBT… — Dan Savage 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
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor! — David Duke Copy Share Image
The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the… — Rich Eisen Copy Share Image
“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” — Thomas Jefferson 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
Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“Something is terribly wrong in our society today when that blood washed banner of the Civil Rights movement which men and women… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
Victimize gun owners, then blame the victims. That's the Chicago Way, and it will never change as long as city bosses are… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end. — Samuel Bowers Copy Share Image
Civil rights activists and union activists shared not just common values and objectives but also common enemies. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid. — Mary Jane Patterson Copy Share Image
“First thousand were an accident, Second thousand, a promise. Answer to traditional animosity, Antidote to doting prejudice.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
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