Civil rights Quote by Clarence Thomas

Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them…

— Claire McCaskill

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and…

— John Hume

1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond, because of…

— John Lewis

Liberals say this over and over and over again to hide the actual history, which is why I go through the specifics on the…

— Ann Coulter

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

— Afeni Shakur

After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other.

— Nick Nolte

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

— Ronald Reagan

“We have talked long enough ... about civil rights,' Lyndon Johnson had said. 'It is time ... to write it in the books of…

— Robert A. Caro

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

— Henry Rollins

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

By the early 1960s, there was a moral consensus on what needed to be done on civil rights.

— H. W. Brands

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

— David Harris