Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
There's a transparency revolution sweeping the world. The more you can have transparency of payments, the more you'll be able to follow… — Michael Elliott Copy Share Image
Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
Did you follow what [General Yehoshafat] Harkabi wrote? Formerly of the Israeli military intelligence service. Remember him? Did you follow what he… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
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People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The constitution does not recognize different classes of citizenship based on time spent living in the country. I am a citizen, with… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
That little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
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Just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
We don't have a great clash of civilizations, a clash of ideologies, a clash of alternative models, where governments thought to themselves,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
Since no individual acting separately can lawfully use force to destroy the rights of others, does it not logically follow that the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Women saying "I'm not a feminist" is my greatest pet peeve. Do you believe that women should be paid the same for… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] wrote - and this is one we should all remember - she wrote that even war is… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a feminist, I always considered myself somebody who is a reproductive rights activist, and I've spent the past… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
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The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
Factual information alone isn't sufficient to guide you through life's labyrinthine tests. You need and deserve regular deliveries of uncanny revelation. One… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
Quotas are a perfectly logical, if diabolical, extension of the regulation of private property courtesy of the Civil Rights Act, whereby in… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
If instituted, the TPP's IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
We are so considerate of the minute constitutional rights and even of the political feelings and influence of people whom we have… — Westbrook Pegler Copy Share Image
Unity is the only way in which the people of this country can overthrow the fascists, communists, capitalists, and all the other… — William Powell Copy Share Image
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