“As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without trial or hearing. I would like to see the government admit they were wrong and do something about it, so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.” LongGovernmentHappensRaceRecordsColorCitizensCourtPrisonHearingTrialsConcentrationCampsCreedsAmerican CitizensConcentration Camp Author:Fred Korematsu
“I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.” BelieveGovernmentAgeLyingIndividualI BelieveWishSexClearColorIntegrityConcernDignityEssenceAddWelfareCreedsInnateDecencyAncestryGovernment Lies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Anytime you live in a society supposedly based upon law and it doesn't enforce its own laws because the color of a man's skin happens to be wrong, then I say those people are justified to resort to any means necessary to bring about justice when the government can't give them justice.” PeopleMenGivingMeanGovernmentHappensLawJusticeColorSkinsJustifiedResorts Author:Malcolm X
“The Castro government is disproportionately white given the color of the island. It doesn't look like Cuba.” LooksGovernmentGivenWhiteColorIslandsCubaCastro Author:Mark Falcoff
“A government, founded on impartial liberty, where all have a voice and a vote, irrespective of color or of sex--what is there to hinder such a government from standing firm.” GovernmentSexVoiceLibertyColorStandingVoteFirmHinderStand Firm Author:Frederick Douglass
“The State, every government whatever its form, character or color - be it absolute or constitutional, monarchy or republic, Fascist, Nazi or bolshevik - is by its very nature conservative, static, intolerant of change and opposed to it.” StatesCharacterGovernmentFormColorAbsolutesConservativeRepublicNaziMonarchyFascistsStaticBolsheviksConstitutional Monarchy Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
“[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it.” PeopleFeelsCountryGovernmentRunningPresidentClassPositionColorKeysPoliceEritrea Author:Nipsey Hussle
“History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.” GovernmentPartyHistoryColorJudgingEssentialsBasesLoyaltyEndeavorCreedsCompetenceSelectedStatureAffiliation Author:John F. Kennedy
“This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws that would not permit its people to learn enough to enable them to read this book.” PeopleBookEnoughGovernmentBeautifulLawReadingGivenColorSlaveryPermitBook Reading Book:Narrative of Sojourner Truth Source: Narrative of Sojourner Truth
“...stand with me today and pledge to work for an America that doesn't ignore those in need and lifts up those who wish to succeed. Pledge to hold your government accountable for ignoring the suffering of so many for far too long. And pledge to do your part to build the America that we have dreamed of - where the bright light of opportunity shines on every person - an America where the family you are born into, or the color of your skin, will never control your destiny.” NeedsPersonsLongLightGovernmentTodayAmericaSufferingOpportunityWishBornPovertyDestinyColorSucceedSkinsShiningLiftsOur DestinyYour DestinyPledgeBright LightsShine OnThose In NeedControl Your Destiny Author:John Edward
“I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.” GivingFeelsWritingPersonsDifferentSoulSelfSometimesUseGovernmentUsedLanguageAirColorConflictDespairGive MeTragedyArmyIllnessBreatheUsed To BeIntimacyManipulationShadeLayersTendernessRemedyPreciseScoundrelsPurifying Author:David Grossman
“Most Americans living below the official poverty line own a car or truck - and government entitlement programs seldom provide cars and trucks. Most people living below the official poverty line also have air conditioning, color television, and a microwave oven - and these too are not usually handed out by government entitlement programs. Cell phones and other electronic devices are by no means unheard of in low-income neighborhoods, where children would supposedly go hungry if there were no school-lunch programs. In reality, low-income people are overweight more often than other Americans.” PeopleIfsMeanChildrenRealityGovernmentSchoolLinesPovertyAirConditionsCarTelevisionColorLowsProgramPhonesHungryIncomeCellsOfficialsNeighborhoodDevicesLunchTruckEntitlementCell PhoneOverweightOvensUnheardLow IncomeMicrowavesEntitlement ProgramsSchool LunchElectronic DevicesColor Television Author:Thomas Sowell
“I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about our country that we had back-to-back African-American Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and then me. I also thought it said a lot about President Bush that he didn't see limits on the highest ranking diplomat in terms of color. It's a hard job, but really the best one in government.” FirstsSaidCountryHardStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentTermPositionColorProudLimitsHighestGratefulOur CountryAfrican AmericanSecretaryPresident BushDiplomatsAmerican WomanRankingAfrican American Women Author:Condoleezza Rice
“We have more families at risk with the death penalty. It targets the voiceless, the poor, people of color. And so it's important just to understand what your government is doing and how much they are spending.” PeopleImportantGovernmentPoorRiskColorSpendingTargetPenaltiesPoor PeopleDeath PenaltyVoiceless Author:Susan Sarandon
“The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.” PeopleHelpingGovernmentLastsGivenColorVictimPrimariesMainstreamKatrina Author:Jonathan Kozol
“I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.” I CanGovernmentDifferencesColorSkins Author:Jesse Ventura
“The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.” PeopleMeanGovernmentStupidColorGenocideLiedVirusesHivInventingStupid Liberal Author:Jeremiah Wright