“The notion of rights is linked with the notion of sharing out, of exchange, of measured quantity. It has a commercial flavor, essentially evocative of legal claims and arguments. Rights are always asserted in a tone of contention; and when this tone is adopted, it must rely upon force in the background, or else it will be laughed at.” ForceRightsArgumentClaimsNotionBackgroundsToneRelyLaughedQuantityLinkedFlavorAdoptedContentionRely Upon Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture is African and magic, and the purposes of magic are control and power. . . Voodoo or magic was the religion and life of American Negroes. Voodoo songs underlie jazz, and old voodoo, with its power goal, has been merely replaced with revolutionary voodoo, a modernized power drive.” Has BeensPurposeReligionSongCultureGoalCasesRightsMagicGroupsJazzBackgroundsCivil RightsRevolutionaryReplacedVoodoo Author:R.J. Rushdoony
“One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and I'm not just talking about just to eat. You have to think about the civil rights movement, they were putting in work; marching, walking miles and miles, sacrificing, getting on the bus, feeding one another, they had schools, voter registration, they were working! They were hard workers so my advice is to work.” ThinkingKnowsHardSchoolTalkingRightsGenerationsSacrificeAdviceMovementHard WorkWalkingEthicsMy FamilyWorkersMilesBackgroundsCivil RightsVotersBusFeedingCivil Rights MovementMy GenerationHard WorkerRegistrationVoter Registration Author:Eric Thomas
“If you follow Donald Trump's logic, say that he couldn't decide any civil rights cases because he would be biased.I mean, we do want a diverse and inclusive judiciary - one that looks like the people that they serve. And we do recognize the value of having diverse backgrounds represented.” PeopleIfsWantLooksMeanWould BeValuesCasesRightsTrumpLogicBackgroundsCivil RightsDiverseBiasedJudiciary Author:Deborah Rhode