“I was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to really kind of push the cause of progress and justice and human rights forward.” HumansKindCausesJusticeRightsProgressTaughtRaisedHuman RightsBest Things Author:Benjamin Jealous
“Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world.” PeopleWorldCountryBornRightsBecomingCitizensSpeechMirrorsFundamentalsDemocraticRaisedFreedom Of SpeechCubaVenezuelaMirror ImageDemocratic Rights Author:Maria Conchita Alonso
“I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their own feelings, opinions, and existence; as long as they weren't harming others, you had to defend those rights.” WayLongHas BeensFeelingsParentExistenceOpinionRightsLuckyRaisedSo LuckyHarming Others Author:George Clooney
“Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding jurists, most notably the late William J. Brennan, who ushered in our nation's recommitment to civil rights in the latter half of the 20th century.” StatesNationsBornHalfRightsCenturyJudgingLateRaisedCivil RightsLegacyLatter20th CenturyJerseyOutstandingNew JerseyBorn And RaisedJurists Author:Frank Lautenberg
“Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story. The pain, the hurt. They raised their children. Some were working as maids, but when they left those kitchens, those homes, they made it to the mass meetings. And they put their bodies on the lines, also.” ShouldChildrenMadeStoriesHomeBodyPainLeftHurtLinesNovelRightsMovementMassMeetingsRaisedCivil RightsMade ItKitchenContributionGraphicCivil Rights MovementMaidsGraphic Novels Author:John Lewis
“Part of the reason I had such a drive to be an activist, and support other activists, is because I was raised Quaker and my parents kept us very much informed and involved as kids in civil rights and the conservation movement.” ReasonKidsParentSupportRightsMovementInvolvedRaisedCivil RightsActivistConservationQuaker Author:Bonnie Raitt