We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the modern Southern GOP was born. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.” — Joe Biden 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
All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven;… — Samuel Bowers Copy Share Image
I like the idea of amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include a ban of discrimination based on sexual orientation. It… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There's this big debate that goes on in America about what rights are: Civil rights, human rights, what they are? it's an… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
There used to be a joke that women need a reason to have sex, while men only need a place. Does policy… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As a Westerner, the child of civil rights and anti-war activists, I embraced Islam not in abandonment of my core values, drawn… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and… — Louis D. Brandeis 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
The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
“King became the movement’s voice and launched a new phase of mass protest. He was a disciple of the teachings of Gandhi… — Anthony R. Fellow Copy Share Image
“The world doesn't need another climate summit, the world needs a climate summon, and not from some fair-weather activist that jumps from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“Of all the Islamic organizations in America, CAIR has risen to the top as the most visible, most outspoken defender of Muslims… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash… — Reginald Hudlin Copy Share Image
“Beyond the Nature of Truth (The Sonnet) Do you realize how serious the situation is, Are you aware of the lives ruined… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When I began writing poems, it was in the late 60s and early 70s when the literary and cultural atmosphere was very… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
That was exciting to be able to comment on civil rights. I mean, the civil rights movement that young people don't know… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
“Equal protection under the law is not a hard principle to convince Americans of. The difficulty comes in persuading them that it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
If you can't find anybody else, then I'll go. So, they couldn't find anybody else. So, I went. — Victoria Gray Adams Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays are two different things. — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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