“More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for… — David Duke Copy Share Image
My friends, to those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I care about affordable housing. I care about bus routes. I care about small business. I care about schools. These are not… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
“I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
The war on drugs to me is absolutely phoney, its so obviously phoney, ok? It's a war against our civil rights, that's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
...Sean Penn claimed to be 'serv[ing] the country' by giving aid and comfort to an enemy about to be attacked by the… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Inclusion on race has been a very different journey, and I worry that for all the progress we have made, we are… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“Positive legacy of the 1960s was the revolutions in civil rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, and gay rights, which began to consolidate… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in history the name of God has been invoked on behalf of actions and movements that have ennobled the human soul… — Jim Wallis 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 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 role of the press in the civil rights movement also points to our larger failure as a nation to validate and… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share Image
“Already the people murmur that I am your enemy because they say that in verse I give the world your me. They… — Julia de Burgos Jack Agüero Translator Copy Share Image
Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders… — Noreena Hertz 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
We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman... They are… — Lyndon B Johnson Copy Share Image
It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I would have to say all of the civil rights acts, because there were three, and even, say, the Immigration Act, which… — Lynda Bird Johnson Robb Copy Share Image
Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We can't understand what we've accomplished on civil rights without telling the story of Bayard Rustin. And now, we must write the… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
All of the civil rights problems during the past years have created a situation where America right now is moving toward a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The civil rights revolution of the 1960s was vital, but it wasn’t a panacea, and the problems of today—from the racial wealth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Look, dude, you've sampled your life, mixed those sounds with a funk precedent, and established a sixteen-bar system of government for the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye… — Dan Savage 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
We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
You got to understand, Arthur Alexander was there with us, and some of his crew. It was in the '50s in Alabama.… — Donnie Fritts Copy Share Image
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I am - Somebody. I may be poor, but I am - Somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am -… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image