As a member of Congress, it is my duty to uphold the constitutional rights of the American people. — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
I am an avid supporter of PETA and all animals as well as animal rights programs. — Corey Feldman Copy Share Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother. — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business. — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic,… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The US Constitution only guarantees your rights as a citizen, it doesn't guarantee happiness. It may take work, but if you have… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The rashness of the persecutor hath overspread the rights of the persecuted so that punishment is awarded to him that has gained… — Thomas Becket Copy Share Image
In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than… — John Muir Copy Share Image
And we are in a strange conundrum. You can kill an American citizen overseas. But according to this administration, if you capture… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Talk loud enough about human rights and it gives the impression of democracy at work, justice at work. There was a time… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is a moral virtue, a moral fidelity, ability and honesty, which other men, besides church members, are, by good nature and… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It's funny how people think that they have "a right to life". Now isn't that the biggest load you ever heard? You… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
