Civil Quotes

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.

I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.

There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.

The history of which peoples, nations, or civilizations have conquered or enslaved which other peoples, nations, or civilizations has been largely a history of who has been in a position to do so.

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope – that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.

There are civil rights aspects and there are limits to what we can do.

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television.