Quotes about Civil rights
The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.
— James Madison
As a survivor of the 20th-century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all who were created equal in God's eyes.
— Alveda King
Had dad chosen to use violence he would have been immediately annihilated.
— Martin Luther King III
Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights.
— Jesse Lee Peterson
We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.
— James Madison
Now the goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who has brutalized them for four hundred years.
— Malcolm X
Men in prison are "civilly dead" and have no claim to any say in policy.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
— Abraham Lincoln
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.
— Jay-Z