I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Yet civil rights issues are very much on the front burner in South Carolina between the Black Lives Matter movement and police… — Ari Shapiro Copy Share Image
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
I'm pro-life. The law protects women's right to chose, and I think there's a competing right, which is the rights of the… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whether we are talking about access to affordable birth control, feeling safe from violence in our homes, or being able to earn… — Ann McLane Kuster Copy Share Image
There is no need for an end to fish, or to fishing for that matter. But there is an urgent need for… — Daniel Pauly Copy Share Image
You have the energy when you're a kid to really fight for rights - that's why kids make great soldiers, right? — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Donald Trump seems to think it is within his rights to trample the First Amendment, to disdain the press, to punish protesters… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
We are not asking for your permission, we are asking for our Rights... It's not for you to give, it's for us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And… — James Stewart Copy Share Image
Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals… — Michael K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I think that the president of Iran has the authority wherever which - where - wherever the national interests of the country… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
Everything that I think that I need to do, is all in order to propel me to some place, that when I… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
I strongly support the rights of transgender individuals. I will not denigrate or deny their struggles. But I am concerned about the… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in America, despite… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. The whole objective is the… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
While law-abiding Muslims are forced to hide in their homes, and animal-rights activists are labeled as terrorists for undercover filming of abusive… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
“I shall remind you that"rights" are a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context, that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Many Americans who supported the initial thrust of civil rights, as represented by the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The discriminations that are found in the Muslim majority countries are more Cultural than Islamic. … I have always said to the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
My view is that we have the Second Amendment rights to bear arms, and in this country my view is that we… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
