Civil rights Quote by Vernon Jones Download Open image “Civil rights for Blacks, and gay rights for gays are two different things.” — Vernon Jones ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil Right Civil rights Gay Gay rights Rights Things Two
For my grandfather, there was no distinction. There was no tension between his support for civil rights for black people and his animus toward… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
To me gay rights is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It's a good bet that if Jesse Jackson calls something a 'civil rights issue,' it's not. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
My parents had very limited education, but they instilled an indelible value system in me that laid the foundation for me to be successful. — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
I support Donald Trump because he is objectively better at lifting Black people - and all people - out of poverty and into prosperity… — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
Conservative white people, I've found, they want you to think for yourself, they want you to cast down your bucket wherever and go forth… — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
My fellow Black Americans are expected to fit a certain mold and think a certain way. We've been socially conditioned to blindly support the… — Vernon Jones Copy Share Image
Democrats during the days of centrist Georgia senator Sam Nunn focused on a strong United States military. — Vernon Jones 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
