“The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.” BitsSoundRightsDesignCitizensConstitutionRemainsBillsBrilliantSeparationDaily LifeRepublicAdaptationConstructiveProvisionBill Of RightsSeparation Of Powers Author:Larry Sabato
“Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.” WellsKidsPoliticalBitsPresidentLeaderRightsKingsCivil RightsBiographiesLutherJunkieCivil Rights Leaders Author:John Legend
“The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash point for that diversity is caught up in Hip Hop. So you have a generation that says, 'I'm gonna wear my sneakers, and I'm gonna wear my pants how I like themThen you have a generation that says, 'I did not get bit by dogs for you to conduct yourself this way. Then the younger generation says, 'Yes, you did. This is what freedom means.'” WayMeanBitsBlackRightsGenerationsDogDiversityFolksCaughtHip HopCivil RightsHipsPostsHopsPantsFlashDiverseCaught UpYounger GenerationSneakers Author:Reginald Hudlin
“The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.” PeopleNeedsLittlesEndsLawBitsGoalNaturalVisionRightsFailingDiseaseLittle BitNobleDisasterFairnessDealingsNatural Disaster Author:Scott Turow
“Well, maybe there are one or two things about the double jeopardy concept that are overlooked. I could be charged with violating my probation. I could be charged for illegal possession of a firearm or violating his civil rights if I did kill him. But when you're making a movie, there's only so much that you can do. I know that some people, while thoroughly enjoying it, have said, It's a little bit implausible. But it's such great fun.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsLittlesSaidTwoFunBitsEnjoyCan DoRightsLittle BitConceptsPossessionCivil RightsTwo ThingsIllegalFirearmsOverlookedJeopardyProbation Author:Ashley Judd
“Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a citizen, and that being a citizen is not an entitlement. And we also taught a bit of capitalism.” AmericaBitsUnderstandingRightsPolicyTaughtCitizensCapitalismUltimateConstitutionBillsEntitlementBill Of RightsInsurance PolicyNiger Author:Niger Innis
“Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks who live there. Men do men's work, women do women's work, and so it all gets done and the jackals can't get into the hut and eat grandpa. So, the future of the transgender movement is like the future of all human rights movements: whatever the state of things in your area now, with some work it all gets a little bit better all the time, even if it is sometimes three steps ahead and two steps back.” IfsMenHumansLittlesTwoSometimesStatesDoneThreeBitsStepsRightsMovementOceanLittle BitSurvivalAreasFolksHuman RightsGenderWorking ItTransgenderKenyaGrandpaHutsTanzaniaJackals Author:Kate Bornstein
“I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.” LongLastsBitsBreakRichRightsStrikesSailTormentChaoticPlunderStunned Book:The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides
“It's not often that you get to read something that just feels very original for a star but also something that feels like it's more than just a movie or entertainment. Even though the riots were one of the most pivotal riots in civil rights history, especially for the LGBT community, I knew surprisingly very little about them. You don't learn about Stonewall in schools. It's a bit gross really! So it certainly felt like something that was quite important.” FeelsLittlesImportantSchoolStarsFeltBitsCommunityRightsOriginalsEntertainmentCivil RightsLgbtGrossRiotLike SomethingPivotalLgbt Community Author:Jeremy Irvine
“If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take part in theirs, as long as they do not harm the person or property of a non-consenting other, of course. IT'S JUST common sense. It's also constitutional and it forms the cornerstone of the American ideal: free individual expression, tolerance and compassion.” IfsWantPersonsLongFormCoursesIndividualBitsCommonCompassionRightsExpressionIdealsPropertyHarmToleranceCommon SenseCornerstonesIndividual Expression Author:Peter McWilliams
“What I'm slowly realizing is that I believe that most of us felt that we could relax a little bit after November 2, 2008, because of the progress and the spirit that it took to get Barack Obama in The White House. And what we didn't realize, is that was really the beginning. That was really the beginning of the struggle and not the end of a struggle, to come from colonial times through slavery, through the Jim Crowe Laws, through the civil rights period to The White House as, like a point A/point B journey. Point B of course being the end.” BelieveLittlesEndsLawSpiritCoursesHouseI BelieveFeltBitsRealizingWhiteStruggleRightsProgressJourneyPeriodsLittle BitSlaveryCivil RightsBarackRelaxWhite HouseNovemberJim CrowColonial Times Author:Questlove