Civil rights Quote by Bobby Scott Download Open image “It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.” — Bobby Scott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil Right Civil rights Civil rights act Difficult Importance Rights
Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today. — David Harris Copy Share Image
You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society. — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
There has been far too much hypocrisy in the field of civil rights. It is easy enough to give rousing speeches or call for… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an Ephemeral, evanescent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality there's still… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward lawlessness, thereby… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful,… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs,… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Why do we apologize for advocating for ourselves? Why do we apologize for taking up space that we are entitled to? Why do we… — Elizabeth Tambascio Copy Share Image
We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created differential rights… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil disobedience is… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
