I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“We have talked long enough ... about civil rights,' Lyndon Johnson had said. 'It is time ... to write it in the… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I love how music and chants were used in the Civil Rights movement to help people keep marching. How songs were both… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act -… — Stephanie Cutter Copy Share Image
I think part of what we're seeing in the rise of white nationalism is their response to Black Lives Matter, is their… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press… — Lowell Bergman Copy Share Image
Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“…in recent history the Democrat Party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for black people.… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
“Black-Jewish Alliance, What Went Wrong?, Murray Friedman explains how the Civil Rights Movement was Jewish. First of all, it was based on… — E. Michael Jones Copy Share Image
Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
“When we begin to get in this area, we need new friends, we need new allies. We need to expand the civil-rights… — Joy James Copy Share Image
“Justice John Marshall Harlan, who famously admonished his fellow jurists and the nation as a whole: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“To this point, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been the Republican flavor of the year. Events from the IRS scandal to… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“I argue that synagogue leaders have it backwards. Engaging individuals is what will lead them to affiliate with a synagogue as the… — Kerry M. Olitzky Copy Share Image
We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Black Realism or cosmopolitan black politician is a code word to say this is a black person that is not tied to… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
“A group trying to curtail the civil rights of gays and lesbians portrays itself, in this rhetorical twist, as victims of an… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“To be accepted by the public, transformative legislation—Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare—needed at least some level of bipartisan congressional support.” — Jack Cashill Copy Share Image
Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American… — Jimmy Carter 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
As president, I won't just continue to defend women's civil rights from political attacks - I'll make guaranteeing those rights a priority. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The fight for civil rights did not end when Donald Trump was elected president. We've got work to do. — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking. — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Stop and frisk - whether done while walking down the street or while driving a car - is a civil rights violation. — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
To have a show have lawyers fighting civil rights cases week in and week out, I think it's exactly what we need. — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
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