14th amendment Quote by Arlen Specter

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

— Robert Bork

“The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.”

— Michelle Alexander

The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to apply to former slaves to ensure that they are treated like all other citizens.…

— Rush Limbaugh

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If the Senate really wanted to take a big step to protect LGBTQ Americans and our families, it would finally pass the Equality Act.

— Jonathan Capehart

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

— Cass Sunstein

It's either the Amendment or this Confederate peace. You cannot have both.

— David Strathairn

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

— Malcolm X

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

— Michael Kinsley

The akings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

— Michael Kinsley

I've always believed in representation within the mainstream. Integration rather than segregation.

— Chris McCausland

It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the…

— Adam Cohen