I've never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among… — Lyman Trumbull Copy Share Image
“Contrary to unwritten political law of abuse, Civilians are not the doormats of democracy. Civilians are the doors, civilians are the buildings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The anger that was coursing through America deeply worried her. Although she was too young to remember the beginnings of the civil… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat and a civil rights leader during the 1960s, was one of those calling on the president for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always found the rhetoric of mainstream civil rights leaders and organizations to be far too timid, accommodationist, and gradualist. It always… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
“Everybody is a terrorist, till you see the reformist (The Sonnet) Everybody is a president, till you see the first servant. Everybody… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being – no colour prejudice like in Mississippi, no colour… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
You've got Hezbollah in Arizona. You've got Mexican drug cartels operating in Arizona. You've got the steady stream of illegals over the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The American flag doesn't give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It's when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“All of this goes back to Bill Clinton. It’s not a coincidence that radical welfare reform took place on the same watch… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“Naturalization, on the other hand, also proved to be a failure. The whole naturalization system of European countries fell apart when it… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the… — Stephen M. Ward 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
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
Through the dark days of legalized segregation and on into the civil rights era, jazz shone as a beacon for achieving interracial… — Randy Sandke Copy Share Image
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Negro wants to be everything but himself... He wants to integrate with the white man, but he cannot integrate with himself… — Elijah Muhammad Copy Share Image
“she quickly hired a housekeeper and a kitchen staff for the White House and then threw herself into what mattered far more… — Laura Shapiro Copy Share Image
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
Religion is a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved. I have considered it as a matter between every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation,… — michelle alexander Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
One wonders if Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's administrations may come to be viewed, in the future, as having been underestimated in… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
“We all have a stake—equally. Because if we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of jobs and titles while working in politics. But at the end of the day, one thing has… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“Keep struggling, o brave soldier - keep struggling till politicians become an extinct species and politics an extinct profession. The mission is,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“[H]ate-crime legislation was enacted to give special protections to select constituencies, and, as practiced, it makes certain people more valuable than others… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
![“The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/thomas-jefferson-43_altars_the-clergy-believe-that-any-portion-of-p_1301853.jpg)
![“[H]ate-crime legislation was enacted to give special protections to select constituencies, and, as practiced, it makes certain people more valuable than others in the eyes of the law--exactly the kind of thinking that civil rights, feminist, and gay-rights groups wanted to combat.” quote by Tammy Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/tammy-bruce-12428_civil-rights_h-ate-crime-legislation-was-enacted-to-g_2662679.png)
