I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Yet civil rights issues are very much on the front burner in South Carolina between the Black Lives Matter movement and police… — Ari Shapiro Copy Share Image
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
We are not asking for your permission, we are asking for our Rights... It's not for you to give, it's for us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of jobs and titles while working in politics. But at the end of the day, one thing has… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“Keep struggling, o brave soldier - keep struggling till politicians become an extinct species and politics an extinct profession. The mission is,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
One wonders if Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's administrations may come to be viewed, in the future, as having been underestimated in… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
“We all have a stake—equally. Because if we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“Once it had been simple. Civil rights supporters knew who their enemies were: special interests such as the real estate associations (who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A week later fifty-four sit-ins were under way in fifteen cities in nine states in the South.60 It was obvious from the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls was made all about drugs, when to most of us, that just meant pot and magic… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
You need to fight cases in the courts, but you certainly cannot rely on the courts, you need to testify in Congress… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
“The startling truth is that our best efforts for civil rights, international peace, population control, conservation of natural resources, and assistance to… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
How could they say that my religion, Islam was a 'race hate' religion after all the plunder and enslavement and domination of… — Muhammad Ali 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
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. — Tom Allen Copy Share Image
During Black History Month, I'm reminded yet again of the ways that the struggle for civil rights is interwoven with the struggle… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
If we [gays] want to be equal under the law, we must now - as the great heroes of the Civil Rights… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement,… — Steven Van Zandt 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
“I don't know which hurt more: his rejection, his punch, or my own elder siblings laughing at my pain.” — Dorothy Hampton Marcus Copy Share Image
The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
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