Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is difficult for me to imagine the same dedication to women's rights on the part of the kind of man who… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
You know, you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and headteachers should. It's within their… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
Young people have this almost romantic attachment to civil rights, liberties, emancipating people from oppression, etc. The idea that such oppression exists… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I believe that any attempt on the part of a libertarian communist society to abridge the rights of a community - for… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Adolescents believe that the world belongs to the living, or more particularly to living people their age, so they feel within their… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Except in the areas of civil rights and medical marijuana, the legacy of the sixties counterculture has been largely superficial. Still, though… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a… — Kendrick Meek Copy Share Image
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The international human rights framework is a vital component and engine for promoting global values. Governments have signed up to this international… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Partiality, in the sense that objectors commonly use the word, is impossible in the sphere of grace. It can exist only in… — Loraine Boettner Copy Share Image
The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Working in a situation with men and women, and seeing women take on roles equal to the roles taken by men made… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay;' I will not vote for a candidate… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, is made a part of the United States; its white inhabitants shall be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family -- whether… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
Who talks about the real human rights violations, those committed by the West? Europeans and North Americans have already butchered hundreds of… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Why does The Smartest Woman in the World [Hillary Clinton], who could carve her own career, who was on the Watergate committee… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer true. The… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
In order to better charge Moscow with human rights violations, the United States had to bend with regard to the more excessive… — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made,… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history,… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
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