(291 quotes found)
“What made the 1963 march is that we passed the 1964 civil rights bills, ... The success of this march will be that we take charge of our communities and make a difference in the [2006] elections.”
Al Sharpton
“Then we can say at least the civil rights community tried to alert you.”
Mary Frances Berry
“I will take a backseat to no one in a commitment to civil rights in America.”
Howard Dean
“Dallas Principle #4: Religious beliefs are not a basis upon which to affirm or deny civil rights. www.ActOnPrinciples.org”
The Dallas Principles
“The civil rights of European Americans are being violated by affirmative action, forced integration and anti-European immigration policies... . We face cultural discrimination in the media and education... . An example is the media hate crime hysteria that highlights and publicizes any white crime against minorities.”
David Duke
“All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.”
Roger Sherman
“I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights.”
“To answer my children’s question, I asked them to identify the values of the Lincoln-era Democrats and Republicans. They correctly identified that the slave states (then the Democrats) stood for states’ rights and against civil rights for African-Americans. Lincoln’s and Hamlin’s views on the issue of states’ rights can best be summarized by Lincoln’s response in the Douglas debates: “There is no right to do what’s wrong.””
kristan peters-hamlin
“I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964”
Ronald Reagan
“That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.”
Pam Grier
