Civil Rights Quotes

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Civil Rights Quotes

A carefully curated collection of civil rights quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

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"I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment."

-- Maya Angelou

"I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment."

-- Maya Angelou

"Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his own liberation."

-- Maya Angelou

"Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his own liberation."

-- Maya Angelou

"I got my own back."

-- Maya Angelou

"I got my own back."

-- Maya Angelou

"We are only as blind as we want to be."

-- Maya Angelou

"We are only as blind as we want to be."

-- Maya Angelou

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

-- Maya Angelou

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

-- Maya Angelou

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

-- Maya Angelou

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

-- Maya Angelou

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

-- Maya Angelou

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

-- Maya Angelou

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

-- Maya Angelou

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

-- Maya Angelou

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Popular civil rights quotes include: "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." -- Maya Angelou Also: "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." -- Maya Angelou.

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"I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment."

"Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his own liberation."

"I got my own back."

"We are only as blind as we want to be."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

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