I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.
Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.
Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.
He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.
In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about civil rights.
Tillie: Civil rights is one thing. This here is somethin' else.
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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.
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
I'm praying for 'Ice Age' 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Because I really think we can run those characters into the '60s, and I'm talking the 1960s, you know? The Civil Rights Movement. That's what I'm praying for, because then I wouldn't have to do anyth...
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keepi...
There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New Museum,' to be an act of civil disobedience. It's not so much about the New Museum on the Bowery, but the idea of challenging museums as ...
[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them
Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.
Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
