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title: "7 Rights Struggle Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Rights Struggle quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Rights Struggle sayings and thoughts."
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> [“When we begin to get in this area, we need new friends, we need new allies. We need to expand the civil-rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-james/when-we-begin-to-get-in-this-area-we-need-new-friends-we-need-new/)

[Joy James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-james/)

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> [I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-think-there-are-profound-differences-between-the-civil-rights/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

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> [“When you have an organization that's neither political nor religious and doesn't take part in the civil rights struggle, what can it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-neither-political-nor-religious/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [The violence that we had in the 60's was limited. The next time it will be unlimited because the violence in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-williams/the-violence-that-we-had-in-the-60-s-was-limited-the-next-time-it/)

[Robert F. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-williams/)

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> [Having gone through the civil rights struggle, having gone through the anti-Vietnam War struggle, by the time I was in my 20s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-solman/having-gone-through-the-civil-rights-struggle-having-gone-through-the/)

[Paul Solman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-solman/)

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> [There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-b-johnson/there-is-no-issue-of-states-rights-or-national-rights-there-is-only/)

[Lyndon B. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-b-johnson/)

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> [When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggle-to-the-level-of-human/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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