#civil rights

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. ↗

— Jon Stewart

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If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed. ↗

— David Talbot

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

— Macklemore

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Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. ↗

— Major Owens

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Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today. ↗

— David Harris

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We support President Truman's civil rights program. ↗

— Eugenie Anderson

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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. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

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I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

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