Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ... — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
You have to take your hat off to the homosexual and gay community cause right now they're as strong as black people… — Tyrese Gibson Copy Share Image
It is my responsibility to ensure the Internal Revenue Service respects the Constitutional rights of all Americans while enforcing the nation's laws. — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order.… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Well, there’s 10 — there’s 10 different — there’s 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
“Rights have to be asserted. Animals cannot make such assertions. We have to make representations to ourselves on their behalf.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We all deserve to live in a world where our rights aren't violated at the whim of our leaders. It doesn't matter… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom… — William Weld Copy Share Image
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
The emphasis has been on rights, not responsibilities. When it comes to piecing together the fragments of broken lives, we have tended… — Jonathan Sacks 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
I think everyone must settle for what is in the parameter of their own rights. No one must have an evil intention… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 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
Those who cannot afford to sue currently have no protection of their property rights if they come in conflict with a regulation. — Steve Symms 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
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else,… — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
We should have equal rights. We should have equal opportunities. We should have equal opportunities for jobs. — Reham Khan Copy Share Image
Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed… — David Cottrell Copy Share Image
Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence… — Antonin Scalia 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
If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system. — Samuel Johnson 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
