Civil Rights Advocate Quotes

You remind me of Hubert Humphrey. You talk too much

Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race.

Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to live with me.

[On John F. Kennedy:] ... now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.

I was part of the journey of a remarkable man [Barack Obama] who did remarkable things.

[Lyndon Baines ] Johnson is a big and larger-than-life guy, we just tried to give him the dynamic range that he actually had.

Anytime we're talking about Thurgood Marshall, that's a good thing, I think, because it gives us an opportunity to go back, look at the history, and recognize what his contributions were.

[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement.

Louis Brandeis was not a racist like Woodrow Wilson.

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission.

Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding jurists, most notably the late William J. Brennan, who ushered in our nation's recommitment to civil rights in the latter half of the 20th century.

If you look at the record and the enviable record which Sandra Day O'Connor has written, you find she was the fifth and decisive vote to safeguard Americans' right to privacy, to require our courtrooms to grant access to the disabled, to allow the federal government to pass laws to protect the environment, to preserve the right of universities to use affirmative action, to ban the execution of children in America.

Governor Sanders showed true leadership and character by supporting civil rights for all during a time when many were not, His lasting positive impact on our state will be felt by many future generations of Georgians.

Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.

I always took quite seriously the things that Chuck D. of Public Enemy had to say. He's always been someone I've learned quite a bit from and someone I pay a great deal of attention to.