Famous Quotes & Sayings

There might be a civil rights violation. But that's in the preliminary stage of research.

This man gave up his life for all of us just as if he were in a war on foreign land. He was a soldier and was willing to give up his life in a war for us. He was also a soldier in another way - a civil rights soldier - and he did die for us all.

this legislature's vote could be reversed, and not only could we lose civil marriage equality, we could also backpedal and lose domestic partner benefits.

This is the moment when the leadership of CPN (Maoist) must give clear and public instructions to its cadres to end all abductions of civilians, must release any other civilians still held after being abducted, and must ensure that those instructions are followed.

A larger increase for military families clearly is in order. So too, however, is a larger increase for the men and women of the government's civilian workforce.

You're just making difficulties and problems all the time. Isn't your continued work in the civil service important to you? After all, you won't be able to continue working with us this way. Don't you have any ambitions to get ahead?

If you don't do something, then a child's civil rights have been violated and there are legal repercussions.

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.

In the event there is a problem, the pharmacies would be subject to a remedy imposed by the state. When the pharmacies are contracted, the only remedy is a civil action.

Interestingly enough, I met and had classes from several professors that my father had had many years before when he took civil engineering.

In some ways, we've romanticized the civil rights movement. We often forget just how strong the walls of segregation were, just how close to the surface racial hatred was. This wasn't simply a walk in the park.

It was hard to narrow Civil Rights events to 10,

Peter Rodman

Not only do I not see civil war happening, I don't think they will succeed in derailing this political process. The next few days will tell if I am right.

not visibly troubled by the violation of the internees' civil rights.

The Institute makes sure that the work we're doing to preserve the King legacy - all of the materials related to King and the civil rights movement - goes on in perpetuity.

Jan Egeland

The insecurity in Sri Lanka has claimed over 100 lives in recent weeks with increasing civilian casualties.

The (fast-breed reactor) program is at a prototype stage and not ready for inclusion in a list of India's civilian nuclear reactors.

I'm going to talk about civil rights for all people and how you really have to stand up for your rights.

Rabih Alameddine

I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.

Amartya Sen

I loved that breadth, and also the fact that in interpreting Indian civilization itself, its cultural diversity was much emphasized.

If there is civil disobedience, and violent civil disobedience, then we are prepared to make arrests and mass arrests if needed.

Carl Stokes

I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no civil rights march ever did.

Immigration law is civil law; law enforcement never enforces civil law.

Immigration is the No. 2 issue after civil rights. Civil rights right now is what's keeping people from demonstrating.

Condoleezza Rice

impeccable on civil rights, impeccable on the interests of African-Americans, and I'm quite comfortable with his decision.

Rod Steiger

I'm old enough to remember the '60's and the civil rights movement and all the strong tension between the races that existed during that time.

I'm saying this as a Republican: In the White House, the effort that goes in and wherever these decisions are made, as to limit civilian casualties, is more probably than any in the history of the world, especially when you consider the history of warfare.

If Matt Doherty and Jim Reilly win this race, it will help civil rights initiatives of every kind.

In our lawsuit-happy society, focusing on personal responsibility as a way to protect our civil justice system is critical. We look forward to hearing Col. North's perspectives on how this philosophy is relevant given current affairs.

In organizing itself I see a tremendous increase in the reinventing of the labor movement as the heir of the civil rights movement. I think it's the recasting of the labor movement in a way that I haven't seen in many years.

Helen Clark

In particular, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. de Mello. He was one of the finest international civil servants,

I remember the (black) civil rights struggle, when we had people like Harry Belafonte coming forth and being at the head and knowing the subject matter really well. We're missing that here.

Condoleezza Rice

a pioneer in the civil rights movement who one day was just sick and tired of being sick and tired, and refused to give up her seat and inspired a whole generation of people to fight for freedom.