I think that the most effective social protest that any artist can do would be things that come naturally and feel obvious.… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The black experience isn't exclusively slavery/civil rights/Obama. — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
“What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy 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
[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
“As a black man Al, who went through the Civil rights fight in the 60s just like you did, and saw the… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press… — Lowell Bergman Copy Share Image
Well, there’s 10 — there’s 10 different — there’s 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
When I speak to students about the Civil Rights Movement, I say that it is impossible to stop a determined movement that… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
You spend so much time barking up the civil-rights tree, you don't even know there's a human-rights tree on the same floor. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they… — Edward Livingston 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
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
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 think part of what we're seeing in the rise of white nationalism is their response to Black Lives Matter, is their… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
“OCR [US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights] also states that a "school should also ensure that hearings are conducted in… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
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