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Civil Quotes by Bernice Johnson Reagon
- The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.
- At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by…
- I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation…
- I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background…
- When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.
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- Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on… — Samuel Adams
- The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams
- Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an… — Glenn Beck
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
- Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden
- During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden
- In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. — Tony Blair