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Civil rights Quotes

"That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity"

"Women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights"

"The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted"

"Ask the SCLC about John Lewis and I'll tell you the story of how someone who not only served as the conscience of our country but literally shed his blood in the struggle for the soul of America"

"The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power—and no one holds power forever."

"I have always been driven by the idea of equality for everyone."

"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used"

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice but there must never be a time when we fail to protest"

"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"

"Montage of a Dream Deferred "

"We ask only for justice and equal rights—the right to vote the right to labor the right to serve as jurors and then the judgment of our peers"

"Injustice and oppression undermine hope"

"The identity of the Negro in this country is a social and political and moral crucifixion which you would find very difficult to gaze at."

"If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. People fought for us to have a voice."

"I grew up in a segregated America; I know what it feels like to be held down."

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