Civil Rights Quotes - Page 27

• Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.

  Alan Keyes

  Country, Rights, Doe

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• The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Rights, Class, Black

  "The biggest brother" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2003.

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• 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.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Thinking, Rights, Color

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• In the ’60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn’t just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.

  George Clooney

  Song, Growing Up, Rights

  "George Clooney on Good Night and Good Luck". Interview with Rob Nelson, www.motherjones.com. November 2005.

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• Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

  Tim Kaine

  Rights, Race, Doe

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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.

  Inspirational, Rights, Gains

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.59, Beacon Press

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• The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. My grandmother never owned a house. She cleaned other people's houses so she could afford to rent her own. But she saw her daughter become the first in her family to graduate from college. And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

  Julian Castro

  Daughter, Mother, Dream

  "Julian Castro's 5 notable lines" by Kevin Cirilli, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• My heart beats red, white, and blue.
  And with patriotism it aches
  Generally, I believe in democracy, freedom and civil rights
  But in particular, cupcakes

  John Walter Bratton

  Believe, 4th Of July, Heart

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• The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exlusions, and incapacitations are removed.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Rights, Adoption, Rebel

  Thomas Jefferson, Martin Alfred Larson (1981). “Jefferson, magnificent populist”, Devin-Adair Pub

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• This is a crucial time in the fight for corporate civil rights. Just look at the hateful signs at Occupy Wallstreet: 'Corporations Are Not People!' Wow, I thought we were past the point in this country where some people aren't people just because they have different color skin or different religion or were born in a lawyer's office, only exist on paper, have no soul and can never die.

  Stephen Colbert

  Country, Fighting, Past

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• The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Rights, Two, House

  Shirley Chisholm (1970). “Unbought and Unbossed”

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• Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.

  Michael N. Castle

  Believe, Struggle, Rights

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• The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  Herman Cain

  Rights, Voting, President

  "A Pizza Party with Herman Cain". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 13, 2011.

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• To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

  Bono

  Beautiful, Respect, Being Yourself

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• During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.

  Joe Biden

  Rights, Movement, Facts

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• Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the Civil Rights movement, I was a toddler during the women's movement, I live in the United States of America, all of which means I am allowed to own my freedom, my rights, my voice and my uterus.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Mean, America, Rights

  Shonda Rhimes (2015). “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial.

  Lyman Trumbull

  Respect, Rights, Law

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• The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment.

  Lyman Trumbull

  Equality, Rights, Punishment

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• 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.

  Shaun King

  Rights, Movement, Alive

  "The Amazing Black Activists We’re Thankful For in 2015" By Zeba Blay, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2015.

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• I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Rights, Gone, Creation

  "'He was a symbol': Eldridge Cleaver dies at 62". www.cnn.com. May 1, 1998.

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• When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at the time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change

  John Lewis

  Kings, Mean, College

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• We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries. Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled.

  Mary Travers

  Country, Responsibility, Fighting

  "Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72". www.cnn.com. September 17, 2009.

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• Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid.

  Mary Jane Patterson

  Rights, Movement, Apartheid

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

  Macklemore

  Thinking, Rights, Issues

  "Macklemore's Brand Of Socially Conscious Rap". "Tell Me More" with Celeste Headlee, www.npr.org. November 23, 2012.

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• I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

  Nina Simone

  Music, Rights, People

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