And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the… — 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
