List Of Civil Rights Quotes

Being Able To Laugh Got Me Through.

It's Not Easy To Be A Martyr In The Field Of Race Relations.

You Are Losing Because Blacks Are Getting Their Civil Rights In The Cities.

We Came Equals Into This World, And Equals Shall We Go Out Of It.

I Don't Think Marriage Is A Civil Right, But I Think That Being Able To Transfer Property Is A Civil Right.

We Don't Go For Segregation. We Go For Separation. Separation Is When You Have Your Own. You Control Your Own Economy; You Control Your Own Politics; You Control Your Own Society; You Control Your Own Everything.

If I Were An Arab-american, I Would Insist On Being Profiled. This Is Not The Time For Civil Rights. There Are Larger Issues For Americans.

None Of The Modes By Which A Magistrate Is Appointed, Popular Election, The Accident Of The Lot, Or The Accident Of Birth, Affords, As Far As We Can Perceive, Much Security For His Being Wiser Than Any Of His Neighbours. The Chance Of His Being Wiser Than All His Neighbours Together Is Still Smaller.

We Must Protect The Right Of Our Opponents To Speak Because We Must Hear What They Have To Say.

The Cause Of Civil Liberty Must Not Be Surrendered At The End Of One, Or Even One Hundred Defeats.

The Advent Of The Civil Rights Movement During The 50s And 60s Made It Very Plain Crystal Clear To Me That We Had An Obligation To Do What We Could To Make Real The Constitution Of The United States Of America.

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.