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“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, a...”
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old,...”
“When asked what gave her the strength and commitment to refuse segregation, (Rosa) Parks credited her mother and grandfather "for giving me the spirit of freedom... that I should not feel because o...”
“A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating th...”
“...A vision from a universe where the Equal Rights Amendment--with its redefinition of personhood--is rejected by the house of deputies: A universe where to die is to become property and to be crea...”
“You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.”
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
“Rather, I plead with you to see a mode of life in our midst, a mode of life stunted and distorted, but possessing its own laws and claims, an existence of men growing out of the soil prepared by th...”
“In terms of our elected officials, I think we need to ask...: How far should we go with our need to know before we completely veer off into the personal and the private and leave behind any chance ...”
“Self defense is the inherent right of an individual to repel any unwarranted attack. Governments are not individuals and should not have the power to restrict or invalidate a person's ability to de...”
“A voteless people is a hopeless people.”
“You don't have to stand up for your rights to get justice, sometimes you can sit for your rights like Rosa Parks.”
“It [freedom] rings bells to remind humanity that the most precious gifts in lifelike children and love and timemust never be taken for granted.”
“You cannot stand for civil rights + not support gay marriage. You cannot stand for human rights + not support gay marriage. It's that simple.Everywhere, the voice of the oppressed must echo + ring ...”
“Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.”
“The unfortunate reality is that, even today, too many citizens have reason to fear that their right to vote, their access to the ballot--and their ability to have their votes counted--is under thre...”
“My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.”
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”
