Famous quotes containing the words civil rights, mississippi, civil and/or rights:
“There are those who say to youwe are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (19111978)
“Mississippi: I told you I was no good with a gun.
Bull: The trouble is Doc, Cole was in front of the gun. The safe place is behind Mississippi when he shoots that thing.”
—Leigh Brackett (19151978)
“... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”
—Amelia E. Barr (18311919)
“I wish the womens rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (18421911)
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