“ stood for the right of states to reject federal civil rights legislation. After Thurmond spoke, Lott told the group, 'You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.”
Paul Begala
“We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.”
Senator John Kerry
“In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining... We demand this fraud be stopped.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.”
Mary Frances Berry
“In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.”
Roger Sherman
“PL is the natural home of all those who are united in favour of change in Malta, and he pledged to fight for social rights against all odds, just as “our forefathers” fought for so many rights that are often taken for granted.”
Joseph Muscat
