“Freedom of association is one of the natural rights of man. Clearly, therefore, it should also be a ‘civil’ right. Right-to-work laws derive from the natural law: they are simply an attempt to give freedom of association the added protection of civil law.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men a…”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“Surveys have shown that young people are more likely than older Americans to support a government ban on hate speech, which is constitutionally protected.”— Matt Pearce, latimes.com
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was,…”— Rosa Parks, goodreads.com
“When all this takes place, more than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, we cannot simply turn away and dismiss those in peaceful protest as troublemakers or paranoid. We can’t simply dismiss it as a symptom of political correctness or reverse racism. To have your experience denied l…”— Barack Obama, time.com
“It’s the reaction of most of White America. I’m used to having half the audience come to see me get beat, regardless of who my opponent is. I’ve denied them this day for a long time, and now that it’s here, they’re making the most of it.”— Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, amazon.com