John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as… — John Marshall Harlan Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or… — Lyman Trumbull Copy Share Image
For centuries, faith has helped us overcome problems and helped us work to achieve a more perfect union. It has inspired the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I would describe Bloody Sunday as a day in Derry history, Irish history, that changed the course of history. It was a… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
“[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation… — United Nations 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
Cartoons were very conservative. The country was very conservative. Although the liberals were allegedly in charge for a long time, there was… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent… They must harass, debate,… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
“The basic move of liberalism is to replace the social centre (normal people) with the margin (foreigners, minorities, deviants) forever. The stack… — Mike Maxwell Copy Share Image
“There was one story that anger certainly lit the fuse of. In the 1960's, in my home town of Jackson, the civil… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“3. Serving Two Masters Derrick Bell has pointed out a third structure that impedes reform, this time in law. To litigate a… — Richard Delgado Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement is something I've looked into a lot. When I was about 23, I started reading up on it… — Andre Gray Copy Share Image
“Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.” — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Between George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the US Constitution is no longer worth the paper it's written on.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
Protests, such as those in favor of labor rights, women's suffrage, civil rights and gay rights, helped to make America as great… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Justice” [Sept. 15]: It appears that the outcome of the civil rights movement has been to replace “Blacks not welcome” with “This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
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