Civil rights Quote by Thomas Jefferson

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.

— Chinese Proverbs

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

— James K. Polk

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will,…

— Thomas Jefferson

It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include…

— Judith Butler

“The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.”

— Michelle Alexander

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

— Gloria Allred

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.

— Paul Robeson

If you are a minority, it is important that you have legal ways to defend yourself in the society in which you live.

— Shelby Steele

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve…

— Lord Acton

We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks…

— Richard Lamm

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

— Lord Acton