I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.
Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.
When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced.
I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
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