Civil rights Quote by Mary Frances Berry

“Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.”

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Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.

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Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea…

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When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

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advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an insistence on…

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The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

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Defining child care primarily as women's sphere reinforces the devaluing of women and prevents their equal access to power.

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The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing…

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Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.

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We need to insist on fathers and mothers sharing the care of their offspring as well as the opportunity to enjoy the fulfillment of…

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When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

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If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

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Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…

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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

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The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as…

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“Why do we apologize for advocating for ourselves? Why do we apologize for taking up space that we are entitled to? Why do we…

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We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are…

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“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.”

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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.

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I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country.

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