(291 quotes found)
“There were many social issues that offended me and provoked a burning passion in me to speak out. Civil rights, the war in Vietnam, culture intolerance, the environment, abuses of power... I came of age in the sixties.”
Joey Skaggs
“judicial philosophy and his commitment to civil rights, workers' rights, women's rights.”
Charles Schumer
“Democrats have been saying for years to their women's rights and civil rights base: 'Vote for us, and we'll save the Supreme Court.' Now, they have stepped back from using that power.”
Eleanor Smeal
“impeccable on civil rights, impeccable on the interests of African-Americans, and I'm quite comfortable with his decision.”
Condoleezza Rice
“The civil rights movement in this country has been a long journey, and I think it's worthwhile, from time to time, to be reminded of our roots.”
Bruce S. Gordon
“He put forth an anti-Rosa Parks judge. ... Just maybe, we need a White House conference on civil rights.”
Jesse Jackson
“Selma, it is time for us now to put our civil war and civil rights history in the museum,”
James Perkins
“Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.”
Edward Kennedy
“This was a civil-rights case.”
Jack Schweigert
“Network television is not interested in civil rights; they're interested in making money. If things that will generate money are diverse in any way, so be it, but if not, they'll go in the other direction.”
Todd Boyd
