| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 26057 |
| QUOTATION: | Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dick Gregory (b. 1932), U.S. comedian, civil rights activist. Dick Gregory’s Political Primer (1972).
See also comment by Malcolm X under “race.” |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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