"The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant." ― Constance Baker Motley Topic(s): Freedom More From Constance Baker Motley "There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society." "I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life." "I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has." More In Freedom "As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom."― Pythagoras "He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression."― Taslima Nasrin