No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Jimmy never met Joe Louis before that trial, only the jury didn’t know that. But Jimmy was strong for civil rights. That… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms have been restored in Iraq, as… — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst. — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
All the civil rights leaders and people who died, black and white, you know, Mexican, Chinese, black, you name it, all the… — Rodney King Copy Share Image
In 1694 a law was passed "that every settler who deserted a town for fear of the Indians should forfeit all his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
“Black power showed up in different ways, depending on the goals of the group.” — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“Racial stereotyping. For Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders, the sin of white racism was stereotyping all black people… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
“Even with a Democratic president behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a far larger percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
“The third Great Awakening is variously said to have started between the 1860s and 1890; it continued into the early 1900s and… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“How did I make a living? I haven't. I have eked out an existence." - Ella Baker” — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I was morose that the Era of Barack Obama has returned us to a period where everything is racist, everyone is walking… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the… — George Takei Copy Share Image
“[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation… — United Nations Copy Share Image
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
“This complex and contradictory relation to inequality largely persists in the United States to this day: on the one hand this is… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
They came up with a civil rights bill in 1964, supposedly to solve our problem, and after the bill was signed, three… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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