Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or partnership:
“... two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 16 (1962)
“Are we bereft of citizenship because we are mothers, wives and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no countryno interests staked in public wealno liabilities in common perilno partnership in a nations guilt and shame?”
—Angelina Grimké (18051879)