My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
This bill attempts to make sure that President Clinton is not allowed to do by Executive Order what Congress has declined to… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights. — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
My dad spent most of the '50s and early '60s actually acting as sort of an advance man for the Justice Department,… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
As members of the oldest civil rights organization in the nation, NRA members know tyranny when we see it. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
“First thousand were an accident, Second thousand, a promise. Answer to traditional animosity, Antidote to doting prejudice.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The record is suffused with examples of groups and individuals being placed under government surveillance by virtue of their dissenting views and… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a… — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
Karen Russell learned to think from her father, someone Peter Gammons knows well, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, who used his prominence… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“A favorite liberal taunt is to accuse conservatives of clinging to an idealized past. Poor, right-wing Americans vaguely sense the world is… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“The unfortunate reality is that, even today, too many citizens have reason to fear that their right to vote, their access to… — Ari Berman Copy Share Image
“I remembered how tough it was getting black people in large tenements to come together to build a playground. The enemy was… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make… — Emily Raboteau 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
I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom."… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
The 21st century for the black community is about building human capital. That is the undone business. That is the unmet need.… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
The gay marriage thing to me, I don't understand why it's so important for the secular progressives in this country, the people… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image