Black people Quote by Ted Wheeler

The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around.

— W. Kamau Bell

“In 1866, Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actions that it deemed perpetuated the characteristics of slavery.…

— Richard Rothstein

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

— Maggie Gallagher

Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.

— Kate Brown

Oregon is an inspiration. Whether you come to it, or are born to it, you become entranced by our state's beauty, the opportunity she…

— Tom McCall

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

— Cass Sunstein

I love Oregon and want to see the state continue to thrive and evolve.

— Travis Knight

States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states'…

— Robert Kennedy

The Supreme Court has been clear that states have the right to protect their citizens against out-of-state regulations that would burden those citizens.

— Josh Hawley

Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, 'It wasn't a right to…

— Laurence Silberman

When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?

— Antonin Scalia

[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought to repeal…

— Harry Browne