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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson… — Jack Canfield
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. — Stokely Carmichael
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. — Stokely Carmichael
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not… — Stokely Carmichael
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned.… — Jimmy Carter
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary… — Michael N. Castle
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of… — Margaret Cavendish
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time… — Shirley Chisholm
I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. — Eldridge Cleaver
I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships. — Hillary Clinton
I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. — Hillary Clinton
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the… — George Clooney
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our… — Stephen Ambrose
You reached your level, you don't want any more. We asked ten years ago, we were askin' with the Panthers, we were askin' in the… — Tupac Shakur
We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do… — John F. Kennedy
The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. — Thomas Paine
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled,… — Thomas Paine
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here… — Barbara Jordan
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow. — Joseph Addison
Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities. — Mary Frances Berry
Ty Cobb was still fighting the Civil War, and as far as he was concerned, we were all damn Yankees. But who knows, if he… — Unknown Author
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the… — Humphry Davy
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. — Alexander Hamilton
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole… — Alexander Hamilton

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