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I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

Civil rights is unfinished business. Make it your business.

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.