"Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities.……" — Wendell Phillips

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• Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
• During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. — Joe Biden
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• To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe… — Bono
• The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights… — William J. Brennan
• The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. — Edmund Burke
• The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at… — Herman Cain
• Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational… — David Cameron
• One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement,… — Jack Canfield
• I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. — Stokely Carmichael
• There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. — Stokely Carmichael
• So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student… — Stokely Carmichael

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