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Civil Quotes

I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi Picture Quote #1

It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his I Have A Dream speech, two months before he did it in Washington Picture Quote #1

It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery itself, and there is a lesson to be drawn here about how the times influence the writing of history, something that we should never forget Picture Quote #1

As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I’ve always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs Picture Quote #1

I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn’t know that black people could write books. I didn’t know that blacks had done any great things. I was always conscious of my inferiority and I always remembered my place - until the Civil Rights Movement came to the town where I was born and grew up Picture Quote #1

There’s no problem on the planet that can’t be solved without violence. That’s the lesson of the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

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Yes, I think it’s really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement Picture Quote #1

In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women’s movement Picture Quote #1

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

It’s a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere Picture Quote #1

President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

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People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc Picture Quote #1

In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor! Picture Quote #1

In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist Picture Quote #1

The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history Picture Quote #1

There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it’s very possible that one influenced the other Picture Quote #1

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I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights movement Picture Quote #1

The next step has to be the necessary step. It’s always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics Picture Quote #1

How my film career happened, I don’t know. It was unplanned. I’d been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ in 1975 that put me on the radar Picture Quote #1

Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money Picture Quote #1

When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the time - can you imagine, in the middle of the IRA bombing campaigns? I saw an ad inviting Irish applicants for an induction course, so I signed up Picture Quote #1

In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry ‘Native passes’ issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine Picture Quote #1

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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won’t work and you can’t fire it Picture Quote #1

The Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers are one team. The Cabinet Ministers and the State Ministers are another team. The Civil Servants at the Centre and the States are yet another team. This is the only way we can successfully develop India Picture Quote #1

In Downing Street they called me ‘Boss’. Civil servants would always call me ‘Prime Minister’ Picture Quote #1

I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin’s life, the literary and artistic Picture Quote #1

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain Picture Quote #1

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil Picture Quote #1

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I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi. (Civil Quotes) It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his I Have A Dream speech, two months before he did it in Washington. (Civil Quotes) It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery itself, and there is a lesson to be drawn here about how the times influence the writing of history, something that we should never forget. (Civil Quotes) As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I’ve always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs. (Civil Quotes) I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn’t know that black people could write books. I didn’t know that blacks had done any great things. I was always conscious of my inferiority and I always remembered my place - until the Civil Rights Movement came to the town where I was born and grew up. (Civil Quotes) There’s no problem on the planet that can’t be solved without violence. That’s the lesson of the civil rights movement. (Civil Quotes) Yes, I think it’s really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. (Civil Quotes) In cultural history, the civil rights movement came before the women’s movement (Civil Quotes) For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement (Civil Quotes) It’s a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement (Civil Quotes) Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere (Civil Quotes) President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement (Civil Quotes) People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc. (Civil Quotes) In fact, James Meredith who was once the icon of the civil rights movement. He supported me for governor! (Civil Quotes) In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. (Civil Quotes) The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history. (Civil Quotes) There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement. (Civil Quotes) Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it’s very possible that one influenced the other. (Civil Quotes) I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights movement. (Civil Quotes) The next step has to be the necessary step. It’s always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics. (Civil Quotes) How my film career happened, I don’t know. It was unplanned. I’d been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ in 1975 that put me on the radar. (Civil Quotes) Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money. (Civil Quotes) When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the time - can you imagine, in the middle of the IRA bombing campaigns? I saw an ad inviting Irish applicants for an induction course, so I signed up. (Civil Quotes) In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry ‘Native passes’ issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine. (Civil Quotes) A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won’t work and you can’t fire it (Civil Quotes) The Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers are one team. The Cabinet Ministers and the State Ministers are another team. The Civil Servants at the Centre and the States are yet another team. This is the only way we can successfully develop India. (Civil Quotes) In Downing Street they called me ‘Boss’. Civil servants would always call me ‘Prime Minister’. (Civil Quotes) I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin’s life, the literary and artistic. (Civil Quotes) There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain. (Civil Quotes) After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil (Civil Quotes)

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