Civil rights Quote by Dorothy Height

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to…

— Gloria Allred

Civil rights are those which appertain to man in right of his being a member of society. Every civil right has for its foundation…

— Thomas Paine

No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under all governments,…

— H. L. Mencken

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

The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those freedoms from…

— Ken Hutcherson

We were born with national rights. We don't need civil rights.

— Chuck Woolery

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage…

— Barack Obama

Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized.

— Rupert Friend

Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is…

— Thomas Sowell

There's this big debate that goes on in America about what rights are: Civil rights, human rights, what they are? it's an artificial debate.…

— Julian Bond

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and,…

— Norman Granz

In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't…

— Deval Patrick