All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination. — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the Civil Rights Movement is that you do have… — Charlayne Hunter-Gault Copy Share Image
One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began… — Ezekiel Emanuel 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
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
Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I'm praying for 'Ice Age' 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Because I really think we can run those characters… — Denis Leary 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
I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part… — Adam Selzer Copy Share Image
May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“American officials estimated millions would be spent to develop internal security systems, and State Department officials expected the Cuban government to increase… — Keith Bolender Copy Share Image
O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes… — Ezra Edelman Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the greatest movement leader in American history. But, as Hillary Clinton once correctly pointed out, his efforts… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The great civil rights leader Howard Thurman once said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive. Because… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“Never be sheep, never be pawn - never let no primate ruin the dawn. Gospel, gov-spell, it's all a front - first… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights — Maria Weston Chapman Copy Share Image
As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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