#civil right

I believe health care is a civil right. ↗

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I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids. ↗

— Dan Savage

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The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

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It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act. ↗

— Bobby Scott

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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. ↗

— John Shimkus

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My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. ↗

— Janis Ian

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I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government. ↗

— Todd Akin

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They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways. ↗

— Tom Allen

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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. ↗