Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
How could they say that my religion, Islam was a 'race hate' religion after all the plunder and enslavement and domination of my people by white Christians in the name of white supremacy?
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.
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.
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.
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