Civil Rights Quotes
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In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.
-- Carl Sagan“I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation”
-- Carl Sagan
The 'strength' of the People becomes weak when we don't 'exercise' our rights.
-- Eric Schaub"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own."
-- Carl SchurzWe must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.
-- William Reece Smith, JrConstitutional rights may not be infringed simply because the majority of the people choose that they be.
-- Supreme Court of the United States
There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
-- Henry David Thoreau"Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."
-- Harry S. Truman:The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.
-- VoltaireI may not agree with what you say, but to your death I will defend your right to say it.
-- Voltaire
* The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
-- Wendell Wilkie
* "Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back."
~Roy WilkinsAn enormous discrepancy exists between the way we talk about equality in the abstract and the value as translated into laws and justice.”
~Roy Wilkins
If you mind your own business, you won't be minding mine.
-- Hank Williams
I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge.
-- Oprah Winfrey
Civil Rights Quotes
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CIVIL RIGHTS
HERO PIX
Noam Chomsky | Frederick Douglass | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Thomas Jefferson | Abraham Lincoln | James Madison |
George Mason | Eleanor Holmes Norton | A. Philip Randolph |
Wendell Wilkie | Roy WilkinsCivil Rights Day - August 12
Citizenship Day - September 17
Bill Of Rights Day - December 15
Human Rights Day - December 10
