I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation. — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Voting rights is not just some other issues alongside other issues, it gets to the heart of who we are in the… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
Woman's rights should come by evolution, and not by revolution. I want a little woman's right tried first, and then, if the… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes,… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
I happen to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. It’s whatever God made you. It happens that I’m heterosexual, but… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
We will have an unchallenged, open, panoramic opportunity on a global scale to demonstrate the finest aspects of what we know in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We British say "to put the world to rights." I've discovered that that's not the way Americans say it and people scratch… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller, in Latin America, in Indonesia, where almost a million people,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
As for free education, universal medical care and other basic rights: Yes, people have to fight! Of course they have to. Free… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“This is no simple reform. It really is a revolution. Sex and race because they are easy and visible differences have been… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Without order or authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
There is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Since the narrower or wider community of the peoples of the earth has developed so far that a violation of rights in… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
I think we left out one of the really important elements contributing to the dynamism of society, and that is the right… — Chester Barnard Copy Share Image
If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect. — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
“I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The fight for civil rights did not end when Donald Trump was elected president. We've got work to do. — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking. — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
It will not do to say that international law is the enemy of the Jewish people, since the Jewish people surely did… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
[A.J. Muste] was very influenced - in - influential in the peace movement, in the civil rights movement. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made. — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
One should never send soldiers on a mission based on just good will and good intent. Unfortunately, that can mean one has… — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There… — Hanan Ashrawi Copy Share Image
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