The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
A black man of my generation born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it… — Aisha Hinds 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
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very… — Gloria Steinem 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
“Advance Praise for THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS KIDNAPPING CASE: RACE, LAW, AND JUSTICE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA "Michael Ross' The Great New… — Michael A. Ross Copy Share Image
The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“The Treaty of Tianjin and the Convention of Peking that ended the Second Opium War gave Kowloon – an area next to… — Gordon Kerr Copy Share Image
“The belief in the power of "institutional racism" allows black civil rights leaders to denounce America as a "racist" society, when it… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Truth be told, the party was moving in entirely the wrong direction. Ever since 1964, when Barry Goldwater championed “states’ rights”—understood to… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
We need to end qualified immunity at the federal level, where police can violate a person's civil rights with impunity, which we've… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
There is a moral virtue, a moral fidelity, ability and honesty, which other men, besides church members, are, by good nature and… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation. — Edison Haines Copy Share Image
Historians have often censored civil rights activists' commitment to economic issues and misrepresented the labor and civil rights movements as two separate,… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs - 'We shall overcome.' Everybody would sing it. Music helped us.… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know… — Endesha Ida Mae Holland Copy Share Image
America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
