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"The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved."
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"The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved."

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

"I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights."

"I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961."

"When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement."

"Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson."

"There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites."

"There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it."

"The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody."
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"The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved."

"But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here."

"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."

"The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements."
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