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Civil Rights Quotes: "Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law."

Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law.



Civil Rights Quotes: "If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust, that wasn't just a Jewish issue. Civil rights weren't just a black issue."

If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust, that wasn't just a Jewish issue. Civil rights weren't just a black issue.




Civil Rights Quotes: "I would not open windows into men's souls."

I would not open windows into men's souls.



Civil Rights Quotes: "I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi."

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.




Civil Rights Quotes: "Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them."

Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Evil societies always kill their consciences."

Evil societies always kill their consciences.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people."

Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people.




Civil Rights Quotes: "Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub."

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.



Civil Rights Quotes: "My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh."

My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities."

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century."

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.



Civil Rights Quotes: "LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find out. NOW. RIGHT NOW."

LISTEN: If you ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, NOW IS THE TIME to find out. NOW. RIGHT NOW.




Civil Rights Quotes: "When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along."

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them."

Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces."

The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Without justice, there can be no peace."

Without justice, there can be no peace.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Would America have been America without her Negro people?"

Would America have been America without her Negro people?



Civil Rights Quotes: "We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation."

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Being able to laugh got me through."

Being able to laugh got me through.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights."

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.



Civil Rights Quotes: "My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family knew she was just trying to stop civil rights."

My great grandmother threw herself in front of a bus. The police tried to say she was committed suicide but the family knew she was just trying to stop civil rights.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget."

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.



Civil Rights Quotes: "We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs, wages, and well-being come first."

We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs, wages, and well-being come first.



Civil Rights Quotes: "In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by."

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.



Civil Rights Quotes: "I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement."

I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement.



Civil Rights Quotes: "As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended."

As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks."

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument."

Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.



Civil Rights Quotes: "We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty."

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end."

The civil rights movement was devoid of grace; it was using some unfortunate people as means to a communistic end.



Civil Rights Quotes: "We need to talk with each other, honestly, simply, caringly."

We need to talk with each other, honestly, simply, caringly.



Civil Rights Quotes: "I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated."

I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed."

Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.



Civil Rights Quotes: "When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement."

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.



Civil Rights Quotes: "You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people."

You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals."

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals.



Civil Rights Quotes: "In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!"

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor!



Civil Rights Quotes: "The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry."

The minorities have been confined to the city by a moat of bigotry.



Civil Rights Quotes: "Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty."

Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America."

The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.



Civil Rights Quotes: "I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates."

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.



Civil Rights Quotes: "I've never been afraid to step out and to reach out and to move out in order to make things happen."

I've never been afraid to step out and to reach out and to move out in order to make things happen.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else."

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.



Civil Rights Quotes: "As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive."

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.



Civil Rights Quotes: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless."

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.



Civil Rights Quotes: "All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better."

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.



Civil Rights Quotes: "It is my hope that the pagan media and academic establishment will implode on the force of its own corruption and stagnation."

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



Civil Rights Quotes: "It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations."

It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.



Civil Rights Quotes: "When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish."

When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.