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Letter "C" » Civil rights
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«With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.»
«When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.»
Author: Marquis De Lafayette
| About:
Civil rights,
Government
| Keywords:
duties, insurrection, insurrections, insurrection of, portion, the insurrection, violates
«We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
America and Americans,
Civil rights,
Equal Rights,
Gender Equality,
Race Equality,
Women,
Workers
| Keywords:
workers
«Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the embarrasing Amendment.»
Author: George F. Will
| About:
Civil rights,
Constitution
| Keywords:
amendment, protects, repeal, repealed, repealing, Second Amendment
«To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| About:
Civil rights,
Cowardice,
Mankind,
Protest,
Silence
| Keywords:
cowards, protest, protested, protesting, protests
«These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.»
Author: Bill Cosby
(Actor, Comedian, Producer)
| About:
Civil rights,
Dignity,
Education,
Freedom,
Opportunity
«Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights»
Author: Bob Marley
(Composer, Guitarist, Singer)
| About:
Civil rights,
Song Lyrics
| Keywords:
stand up
«Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the sc»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Civil rights,
Education
| Keywords:
accused, public education
«Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.»
«Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.»
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