People don't just show up and lie down in the middle of the street some place out of nothing. Somebody said meet… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them… — Julian Bond 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 artificial debate.… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
People see America through particular lenses, either their profession, their race or their gender. So the party that speaks to our racial perceptions and… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
What we mean by integration is not to be with them (whites) but to have what they have. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
