Quotes about "Social Justice & Equality"

Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint. ”

The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority. ”

It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments. ”

Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue. ”

The public has a right to know what kind of monitoring the government is doing, and there should be a public discussion of the appropriate trade-offs between law enforcement and privacy rights. ”

It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center. ”

If apes are given the right to humane treatment, it just might become harder to deny that same right to their human cousins. ”

During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas. ”

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed. ”

As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change. ”