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The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

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When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country. ↗

— Bruce Hornsby

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The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. ↗

— John Hume

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There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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

— Adam Lambert

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When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

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I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right. ↗

— Barack Obama

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

— Macklemore

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

— Joe Biden

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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. ↗