Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
“...A vision from a universe where the Equal Rights Amendment--with its redefinition of personhood--is rejected by the house of deputies: A universe… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“A college student who wants to file a complaint of sexual assault within the campus disciplinary system informs a university employee such… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
“National security trumps a lot. It can trampke civil rights. It can denude personal liberties. But it cannot and never will triumph… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
“One of the lessons I have learned in trying to live with history is that for every repression, we have found a… — Joan Nestle Copy Share Image
The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of… — Cleveland Sellers Copy Share Image
“It is only through examining history that you become aware of where you stand within the continuum of change.” — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This was a very progressive group of clergy who foresaw the race riots that were going to take place when Dr. King… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men were created equal, he owned slaves. Women couldn't vote. But,… — Marvin Ammori Copy Share Image
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“You see, women have been essential to every great move of God. Yes, Moses led the Isaelites out of Egypt, but only… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep… — Morgan Freeman 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
I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you… — Lynn Samuels Copy Share Image
This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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