“Evan Wolfson is a dear friend of mine. Almost more than any other, Evan is responsible for bringing the issue of marriage equality to the forefront of our struggle for civil rights. He is a courageous pioneer who has been relentless in this battle for marriage equality.” Has BeensStruggleIssuesRightsMinesBattleResponsibleDearCivil RightsCourageousRelentlessPioneersDear FriendMarriage Equality Author:David Mixner
“My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.” Has BeensWarMy OwnPracticeRightsMovementFieldsBuddhismCivil RightsEngagedAnti WarAnti War Movement Author:Joan Halifax
“If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.” IfsHas BeensCountryRightsMovementRefuseCivil RightsParksBusHippieCivil Rights MovementNelsonRosaCivil Right Movement Author:Kinky Friedman
“When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity of war, the people have the right to withdraw their allegiance.” PeopleHas BeensWarRightsAbuseCalamityAllegianceMonarchs Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United States over the period of the last several months.” Has BeensStatesLastsBlackUnitedUnited StatesRightsMovementMonthsPeriodsJudgmentCivil RightsSlogansCivil Rights MovementBlack Power Author:Robert Kennedy
“I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.” WritingHas BeensArtEnoughPoliticalPartyRightsIntellectualArt IsPropertyArticlesStolenCocktailsProperty RightsPlagiarismIntellectual PropertyCocktail Parties Author:Michael Heizer
“Unity is the only way in which the people of this country can overthrow the fascists, communists, capitalists, and all the other assholes who claim running a representative government is so difficult. The emphasis has been taken from the Bill of Rights and placed on the type of interpretation of the Constitution that best suits the people in power.” PeopleWayHas BeensCountryGovernmentRunningDifficultTakenRightsTypeConstitutionClaimsBillsUnitySuitsInterpretationCommunistCapitalistRepresentativesEmphasisFascistsBill Of RightsRepresentative Government Author:William Powell
“It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human rights" conceived as I have tried to describe them; but of one thing at least we may be sure: the alternatives that have so far appeared have been immeasurably worse.” HumansMayHas BeensStillsLibertyRightsOne ThingSucceedHuman RightsAlternativesLapCivil Liberties Book:A fanfare for Prometheus Source: A fanfare for Prometheus