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> [Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/civil-rights-are-civil-rights-there-are-no-persons-who-are-not/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

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## More by Dorothy Height

> [I want to be remembered as one who tried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/i-want-to-be-remembered-as-one-who-tried/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/without-community-service-we-would-not-have-a-strong-quality-of-life/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/i-think-of-my-life-as-a-unity-of-circles-some-are-concentric-others/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/a-negro-woman-has-the-same-kind-of-problems-as-other-women-but-she/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/if-the-time-is-not-ripe-we-have-to-ripen-the-time/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [We have to realize we are building a movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/we-have-to-realize-we-are-building-a-movement/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/the-black-woman-had-had-to-struggle-against-being-a-person-of-great/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/no-one-will-do-for-you-what-you-need-to-do-for-yourself-we-cannot/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [Without Community Service we wouldnot have a strong quality of Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/without-community-service-we-wouldnot-have-a-strong-quality-of-life/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/we-have-to-see-that-all-of-us-are-in-the-same-boat/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/there-is-no-contradiction-between-effective-law-enforcement-and/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [“...even if you are a token, you have an important function to fulfill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/even-if-you-are-a-token-you-have-an-important-function-to-fulfill/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/when-you-re-a-black-woman-you-seldom-get-to-do-what-you-just-want-to/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/my-mother-helped-me-understand-how-not-to-show-off-what-i-knew-but/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

> [“We cannot afford to be separate. . . . We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-height/we-cannot-afford-to-be-separate-we-have-to-see-that-all-of-us-are-in/)

[Dorothy Height](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-height/)

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