Civil rights Quote by Ronald Reagan Download Open image “I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” — Ronald Reagan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil Right Civil rights Civil rights act Rights
I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it. — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about… — Storm Reid Copy Share Image
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
I'm really into the rights of immigrants, the rights of the working poor. I'm one of those little activist types. I probably would have… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I would have sold my wife and children into slavery for a ride into space. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them...… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Why do we apologize for advocating for ourselves? Why do we apologize for taking up space that we are entitled to? Why do we… — Elizabeth Tambascio Copy Share Image
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… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created differential rights… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil disobedience is… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
