426 Quotes About Civil-rights

Why do we apologize for advocating for ourselves? Why do we apologize for taking up space that we are entitled to? Why do we apologize for thinking and speaking and being?

…environmental quality is higher where income is more equitably distributed, where more people are literate, and civil and political rights are better respected. It’s people power, not economic growth persay, that protects local air and water quality. Likewise, it is citizen pressure on government and companies for more stringent standards, not the mere increase in revenue that compels industries to switch to cleaner technologies.

Capitalism is not a form of government. Capitalism is a symptom of freedom. It is the result of individual rights, which include property rights.

Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions.

[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement.

3 Things that destroy the country or the state .People who are leading it.People who are not informed.People who are informed with wrong information.

We don’t pretend the South has reconcileditself—this is a land that has been built by andtaken from enslaved people. We are committedto having the uncomfortable discussions, tellingthe truth, and letting our curiosity fuel questions,in the name of moving civil liberties, genderequality, and race relations forward. I am merelya photographer and storyteller, but my goal isto shine light on the idea that art and creativityreveal that we are far more alike than different.

Right isn't always legal.

Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man?