Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.
Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.
Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.
The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.
We wanted black power to be all things to all people.
My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or we don't. It's for everyone.
We have to "walk the walk" not just "talk the talk".
I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make links to international struggles for civil rights.
The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.
ACLU has become eccentric and destructive.
I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.
Evil societies always kill their consciences.
When I hear someone’s in the civil rights business, I oil up my AR-25.
We cannot sit around and talk about the beloved community.
The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.
Racism has always been able to come up with a scientific veneer.
Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.
Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die