“Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.” MemoriesAliveRightsKingsMajorsCivil RightsRememberedLutherStewardshipPrince Of Peace Author:Morgan Freeman
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was so clearly a religiously inspired movement that entered the public arena and made a major difference in American life.” WantMadeTodayChristianDifferencesReligiousRightsTroubleMovementMajorsInspiredLibertarianCivil RightsMake SenseRemoveBiblicalSecularArenaPublic LifeCivil Rights MovementAmerican LifeTrouble Making Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“The Bible has lost every major battle it has ever fought. The Bible was quoted to defend slavery and the bible lost. The Bible was quoted to keep women silent, and the Bible lost. And the Bible is being quoted to deny homosexuals their equal rights, and the Bible will lose.” LostLosesRightsBattleEqualMajorsSlaverySilentDenyHomosexualEqual Rights Author:John Shelby Spong
“To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today.” WarGovernmentTodayIndividualSocialRightsMajorsTransformationFundamentalsCivil WarAmendmentsIndividual RightsDefectiveConstitutional GovernmentSocial Transformation Author:Thurgood Marshall
“The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting base of the Republican Party so that means committing to anti-abortion positions, opposing women's rights.” MeanReligiousPartyRightsPositionRepublicanMajorsCommitmentAbortionVotingWomens RightsRepublican PartySpectrumOpposingAnti Abortion Author:Noam Chomsky
“It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his "I Have A Dream" speech, two months before he did it in Washington.” PeopleFirstsTwoDreamRightsMovementMonthsKingsSpeechMajorsTownsCivil RightsCrucialLutherJuneAvenuesCivil Rights MovementTwo MonthsI Have A Dream Speech Author:David Maraniss
“Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil rights, the Democratic Party was the party of the old solid South. All of the racists, all of the Cottonhead Smith types and so on were Democrats, allies of Franklin Roosevelt - because of their seniority - of all the major committees of the Congress.” WellsRememberPartyRightsPolicyTypeMajorsDemocraticDemocratSouthCongressCivil RightsRacistAlliesCommitteesDemocratic PartyFranklinSeniority Author:William A. Rusher
“We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment.” ImportantMomentsStoriesDreamRightsMovementKingsMajorsCivil RightsBarackFulfillmentMarchDrsLutherPaymentCivil Rights MovementInaugurationDr Martin Luther KingImportant Moments Author:Andrew Aydin
“I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with each other, then I think it would be very difficult to make this social revolution the kind of powerful revolution that it's proved to be.” IfsThinkingHumansKindWarWould BeSocialDifficultPowerfulLeaderStruggleRightsRevolutionMajorsSocial Revolution Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The Refugee Convention of 1951 was a major breakthrough, outlining the rights of those displaced across borders as well as the legal obligations of states to protect them.” WellsStatesRightsProtectMajorsObligationBordersConventionsRefugeeBreakthroughOutlining Author:Kofi Annan
“We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.” ResponsibilityDemocracyRightsMajorsParticipation Author:Wynton Marsalis
“The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.” AmericaSportsRightsHugeMajorsSouthUniversityIntenseUsaAmerican FootballCarolinaRivalryBraggingSouth CarolinaBragging RightsClemson Author:William Perry