This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
Civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays are two different things. — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
From the new hate crimes law to the repeal of DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' to the emerging popular support for… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of research about the Civil Rights movement, and I'm fascinated with how difficult it would have been for… — Joshua Henry Copy Share Image
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek,… — United Nations Copy Share Image
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The whole reason for the success of Dr. King's civil-rights movement was that it was not a movement for itself. The civil-rights… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What I'm slowly realizing is that I believe that most of us felt that we could relax a little bit after November… — Questlove Copy Share Image
“Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Make noise for justice. Make noise for inclusion. Make noise for empathy. Make noise for our planet. Make noise for civil rights.… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
The power granted the Attorney General to intervene in all equal-protection-of-the-law cases is extremely broad and dangerous. Choices made by the Attorney… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
It's a good bet that if Jesse Jackson calls something a 'civil rights issue,' it's not. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he… — Roy Wilkins 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
Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Experiments in digitizing and running neural wetware under emulation are well established; some radical libertarians claim that, as the technology matures, death… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Like civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
After marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma as a young man, John Lewis went on to become a legendary leader… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
Anarchy is a butterfly; refuse to be cocooned in darkness, evolve to something better. — Jennifer Amorelli Copy Share Image
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