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I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.

— Bayard Rustin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

— Dorothy Day

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

— Eric Liu

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

— Randall Kennedy

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

— Malcolm X

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.

— Clarence Thomas

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking.

— Shelby Foote

✗Opposing Perspectives

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

— Malcolm X

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!

— George C. Wallace

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.

— George C. Wallace