Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tony Rodriguez

As long as it's a civil conversation, the communication can last all night as long as it doesn't disrupt a game and we don't have to get into a debate on rules. As long as we have mutual respect, we can have communication.

Erica Mercker

Racism is not over. It didn't end with the civil rights movement.

Thom Lynch

Ours is a civil rights movement on the march,

John Roberts

Opposition to quotas is not opposition to civil rights,

Rand Paul

Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of the program have failed to identify a single thwarted plot.

Robin Oakley

After September 11 governments everywhere have had to plan what they would do in the event of a major civil emergency, especially the UK government,

Stephen Kinzer

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the world. It was a classic good-versus-evil war.

Mechai Viravaidya

Definitely if the Thai government doesn't need aid, civil society and the people do need it.

George H. W. Bush

Decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people.

Ayn Rand

Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes.

Jane Elliott

Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned

Constance Baker Motley

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Coretta Scott King

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

Daniel Tosh

I'm not a racist or misogynist person, but I find these jokes funny, so I say them.

Andrew Hacker

Racism has always been able to come up with a scientific veneer.

Alton Brown

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers.

Thomas Sowell

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'

Tariq Ramadan

Fear is created which can lead to racism. However, we can overcome that fear through trust.

Benjamin Disraeli

Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.

Calvin Coolidge

If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be expected. Our forefathers were alert to resist all encroachments upon their rights. If we wish to maintain our rights, we can do no less.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.

Busy Philipps

It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.

Alan Dershowitz

Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments, however, must remain neutral as to the content of expression. And governments must protect the rights of all to express even the most despicable of views.

Alan Dershowitz

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

Al Franken

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

Jan Egeland

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.

bell hooks

... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.