Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I will help the good fight continue until that long awaited moment arrives, when our rights are equal and when the political… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition. — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to dwell on the political and social principles of Islam, to underline how close they also are in… — Aly Khan Copy Share Image
We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the… — Alan Bock Copy Share Image
I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that. I really wasn't… — Lauren Jauregui Copy Share Image
The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Being kind to animals is not enough. Avoiding cruelty is not enough. Housing animals in more comfortable, larger cages is not enough.… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
The world should always be concerned whenever a vast human rights violation occurs anywhere on the planet. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When a profit-seeking company proposes to take citizens' private land away for its own gain, people should stand up for their rights. — Louis Bacon Copy Share Image
My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights. — Andrea Suarez Paz Copy Share Image
The MDGs have been useful in moving human rights and development discourse together and in highlighting the need for greater accountability at… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I wrote my first play because I wanted to try directing something, and I couldn't afford the rights - it was an… — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I know we will look back on this and think how odd it was we were championing the rights of lone mothers… — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not… — Mark Davis Copy Share Image
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll was uniting black kids and white kids, and rock 'n' roll is not being given credit... for being just… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights… — Geoff Downes Copy Share Image
There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals. — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image