“One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.” PeopleFacesSocialJusticeIssuesRightsParticularBirthConcernSocial JusticeDivorceCivil RightsAbortionBirth ControlRemarriage Author:William P. Leahy
“Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.” JusticeMoralIssuesRightsKingsThreatCivil RightsJailLutherMagnitudeMoral Issues Author:James Hansen
“Not one of the investigations for civil rights violations that Eric Holder brought on behalf of the Department of Justice, resulted in any charges against any of these individuals, not one. I'm not saying investigations shouldn't be brought. But you must bring them responsibly and not create more panic, more fear, more anxiety across this country.” CountryIndividualJusticeRightsAnxietyCivil RightsDepartmentPanicInvestigationBehalfViolationEric Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land.” PeopleMenHeartCountryStatesHomeLastsCommunityChallengesReligiousJusticeInspiringEffortLeaderRightsLandInjusticeEqualityCivil RightsBelovedOfficialsTonightUrgesOur CommunityHousewifeWorking ManReligious LeadersPublic OfficialsBeloved CountryCivil Rights ActUncontrollable Urge Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We don't feel that in 1964, living in a country that is supposedly based upon freedom, and supposedly the leader of the free world, we don't think that we should have to sit around and wait for some segregationist congressmen and senators and a President from Texas in Washington, D.C., to make up their minds that our people are due now some degree of civil rights. No, we want it now or we don't think anybody should have it.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsShouldMindMeanCountryWaitingPresidentJusticeLeaderRightsDegreesShould HaveDuesCivil RightsTexasSenatorsCongressmanFree World Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.” PeopleLongEnjoyJusticeRightsCitizensHatredJewCivil RightsOppressedOverdue Author:Franz Grillparzer
“A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day.” PeopleLongPoliticsLeadershipJusticeIssuesRightsPolicyGayEqualEthicsSilentHuman RightsCivil RightsIdeologyFree SpeechLong AgoEqual RightsGay MarriageModernityCivil Rights MovementSpeaking Out Author:Joe Biden
“The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.” CountrySocialJusticeKnownRightsMovementEthicsSocial JusticeCivil RightsOur CountryRootedCivil Rights MovementCivil Right Movement Author:Bell Hooks
“Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.” ImportantTodayAmericaSocialJusticeIssuesRightsSocial JusticeCivil RightsColumbiaAmerica Today Author:Jesse Jackson
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” MenDifferentJusticePowerfulWallTerribleEthicsVoteInstrumentsInjusticeCivil RightsVotingMost PowerfulDestroyingFairnessBreaking DownRight To VoteElections And VotingVoting Rights ActInspirational VotingLbjVoting Day Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966