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I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the… — Martin Sheen
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted… — Chuck Woolery
I don’t believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. — Ellen Page
I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. — Rodney Dangerfield
There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people… — Joe Scarborough
The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the… — Shelby Foote
People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about fifty fistfights in… — Shelby Foote
It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions. — Olivia de Havilland
You can't have anything valuable in your house. Niggers will break in and take it all! Everything white people don't like about black people, black… — Chris Rock
If they don't close these [nuclear] reactors down, we'll have civil war in five years. — Ralph Nader
Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was 1957, before civil… — Arthur Mitchell
Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself, — Julian Bond
I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and… — Edward James Olmos
Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement. — Danny Glover
More people more accepting of civil unions and gay marriage, which our pollster said was the most significant change they've seen on any social issue.… — Norah O'Donnell
Contrary to the claims of the supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the sponsors of H.Res. 676, the Civil Rights Act of… — Ron Paul
Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into the mental hospital. So what we have… — Bill Maher
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of… — Isaac Hayes
As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices. — Isaac Hayes
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact… — Russell Simmons
As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the United… — Chelsea Manning
Today's decision affirms what we all know to be true — the U.S. Constitution guarantees the basic civil rights of all Americans, not just some.… — Chad Griffin
I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town,… — Larry Klayman
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Unknown Author
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution and afterward. Denied… — Natalie Zemon Davis

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