Political Quotes

“What should we say to angry men in robes? What are we going to say to men in robes who are angry about the outcome of the Civil War? What are we going to say to men in robes who are angry about Reconstruction-era amendments to our Constitution that said that anyone born in America can't have their voice or their vote suppressed, regardless of their race? What are we going to say to men in robes who are angry that Congress finally enshrined those protections into law through the 1964 and 1965 Civil Rights Acts? What are we going to say to men in robes who are angry that those laws gave voices to people whose voices had been suppressed since 1619? What are we going to say to those angry men if they believe that their robes, and their robes alone, are going to scare us into silence; that it will let them force their racist and unconstitutional wills on us? Chief Justice Roberts has said that we now live in a color-blind society, to which I would ask you all: Does your answer to those questions depend on whether that robe is white or black? Make absolutely no mistake, the agenda of this Supreme Court and the agenda of the Klan are far too similar. This court decided in Shelby that Congress couldn't supervise State elections that had a history of discrimination. They decided in Calais that it is okay to design congressional districts to suppress minority voices. They will do that all, confident that their robes are going to scare us all into silence.”