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My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. — Martin Luther King Jr.

My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement. — Kamala Harris

I'm hurting because the color of my skin makes me perfect for their target practice. — R H Sin

Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay. — Nicholas Kristof

It is my hope that the pagan media and academic establishment will implode on the force of its own corruption and stagnation. — Samuel Bowers

My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist. — Joe Biden

I was so hungry to learn. My mother drilled this into me. When you read,she said, you know--and you can help yourself and others. — Carole Boston Weatherford

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today. — Jesse Jackson

The merchants will manage [commerce] the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves. — Thomas Jefferson

Yes, let's build a wall, but let's do it to help African-Americans! It's alt-right meets Civil Rights! The best crossover hit since "Walk This Way"! — Matt Taibbi

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. — Joseph Stiglitz

A voteless people is a hopeless people. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. — Thomas Perez

God bless mood equalizers. and all moods are created equal. i am the fucking civil rights movement of moods — John Green

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. — Ronald Reagan

Senator John Stennis:
The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man ... It freed my soul. — Joe Biden

Meaningful progress toward social justice cannot be made in sclerotic education systems that put adults' job security before children's civil rights. — Arthur C. Brooks

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free-and we're not. Guess who's winning the war on terror? — Cory Doctorow

I'm often accused of hiring people with civil rights experience, and I do plead guilty to that. — Thomas Perez

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me. — Charlton Heston

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause. — Martin Luther King Jr.

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence. — Marianne Williamson

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights. — Tariq Ali

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal. — Harry S. Truman

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. — Major Owens

YAZIDIS AND CHRISTIANS WANT TO BE FREE OF NIGHT MIST AND BEHEADING DRIFT! — Widad Akreyi

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. — Bernie Sanders

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive. — Morgan Freeman

How is the black man going to get 'civil rights' before he first wins his human rights? — Malcolm X

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected. — DaShanne Stokes

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose. — Mercedes Lackey

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. — James Meredith

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door. — Harvey Milk

When I hear someone's in the civil rights business, I oil up my AR-25. — Michael Savage

My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage. — Janine Di Giovanni

Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

every time this happens
I see my father
my brother
my would be son
I see myself
stop killing us — R H Sin

My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or we don't. It's for everyone. — Pauley Perrette

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. — Janis Ian

In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about civil rights. — Ezekiel Emanuel

Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson. — Morris Dees

And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. — Julian Castro

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. — Hugo Black

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to God alone. — Thomas Jefferson

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties. — Frank Lautenberg

ACLU has become eccentric and destructive. — Newt Gingrich

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty. — William Graham Sumner

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop. — Macklemore

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. — Sammy Davis Jr.

I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful. — John Lewis

I was brought up by people who loved others. I love people. We had no animosity. We had no feeling that we hate anyone. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere. — Allan Dare Pearce

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights ... it had to be some silly little Communist. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

German Emancipation Edict of 1822 guaranteed Jews in Germany all civil rights enjoyed by Germans. — Anonymous

You can't put civil rights on the ballot. — Jesse Ventura

You can never know where you are going unless you know where you have been. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

Friendship has no civil, and few emotional, rights in our society. — Christina Baldwin

[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them — James Howe

Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them. — Augusta Scattergood

No ONE MENTIONS YOUR TEARS, SADNESS OR SLOW DEATH! BUT, WE FEEL YOUR FALLEN TEARS, YOUR BEHEADED BODIES, YOUR RAPED DIGNITY! — Widad Akreyi

Being able to laugh got me through. — Toni Morrison

Capitalism is not a form of government. Capitalism is a symptom of freedom. It is the result of individual rights, which include property rights. — A.E. Samaan

A freedom given up is not so easily regained. — Rivera Sun

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act. — Rand Paul

When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights. — Sue Monk Kidd

We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage. — Martin Luther King Jr.

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. — Tammy Bruce

In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would
make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him civil
rights. — Julius Nyerere

We have never made a gain, in civil rights, without pressure, — Ken Follett

Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law. — Alfred Marshall

We wanted black power to be all things to all people. — Cleveland Sellers

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong. — Bryan Cranston

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights. — Eric Schneiderman

But courage was growing in me too. Little by little it was getting harder and harder for me not to speak out. — Anne Moody