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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition…

— Major Owens

In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity…

— Holly Near

“Shout out to the noisemakers. Our world needs your voices. Make noise for justice. Make noise for inclusion. Make noise for empathy. Make noise…

— Scott Stabile

“Allow me to explain. Social Justice can mean many things. Gay rights, minority rights, women's rights — all good civil rights stuff. The problem…

— T.J. Kirk

I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom…

— Arne Duncan

The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is…

— Malcolm X

The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this right that…

— Dolores Huerta

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and…

— Ronald Reagan

Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.

— Olympe de Gouges

Whatever their relative valuation of the single and married states, most societies in history made sharp distinctions between those who married and those who…

— Stephanie Coontz

All people here have political rights, social rights, rights to employment, and no one should face discrimination, but our strategic choice is for traditional…

— Vladimir Putin

“Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

It no longer makes sense to see singlehood and marriage as two distinct and stable social categories that should be accorded different legal rights…

— Stephanie Coontz

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

— Callie Khouri

Being a feminist means asking for equality. But people take it the other way at times. It is looked down upon is because it…

— Kalki Koechlin