Citizenship Quote by James Meredith

When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult,

— James Meredith

It is an insult for me to have been alive through the times you are calling the so-called civil rights movement. I don't celebrate…

— James Meredith

“Citizenship is more than an individual exchange of freedoms for rights; it is also membership in a body politic, a nation, and a community.…

— Melissa V. Harris-Perry

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

— Rupert Friend

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

— Chuck Woolery

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to recognize that we have…

— Dorothy Height

You cannot demand your rights, civil or otherwise, if you are unwilling to say what you are.

— Merle Miller

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.

— Mark Kingwell

Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.…

— Anonymous

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings.…

— Richard Greenberg

Think of the undying glory that hangs around the ancient name of Africa and forget not that you are native-born American citizens, and as…

— Henry Highland Garnet

A civil right is the most powerful right anybody can have. And people who oppose them are bigots. So you categorize what you want…

— Rush Limbaugh