Quotes About Justice

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.

You can't put civil rights on the ballot.

In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.

I've always had sort of an interest in American history, full stop, and especially people who contributed to the civil rights struggle.

Civil rights cases are hard to win.

The fight for civil rights did not end when Donald Trump was elected president. We've got work to do.

To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can pass Justice for All Civil Rights Act. We can pass Medicare for All.

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement.

No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals.

In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement.

The civil rights movement didn't end on August 6, 1965. It continued because the work of creating a truly equal country never ends.

The civil rights movement was about access to public space. We had to fight for public space.

I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about it now, I would want to see how I would deal with it.

I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of people don't support you.'

In any civil society, there's a serious problem when confidence in the rule of law is shaken.

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

Don't talk to me about civility when you're separating families at the border.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.