Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, he belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambitions of our… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
I find it extraordinary that I'm being told I can't trust you the voter to get a government in to protect workers… — Gisela Stuart Copy Share Image
A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid… — Johannes Rau Copy Share Image
When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
There are people who have legitimate concerns about false accusations and the impact that can have on a young person's life when… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
You just did a whole read-through. The lie that brought us into war was that Iraq was a threat to us. Well,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
When I think of the flag… I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
We're still talking about women's rights. We can't be the greatest country in the world. I think once we lose that illusionary… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Set before us the conduct of our own British ancestors, who defended for us the inherent rights of mankind against foreign and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A generation may bind itself as long as its majority continues in life; when that has disappeared, another majority is in place,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I hope that the day will come when the system will change and all of the people in Ethiopia will have equal… — Feyisa Lilesa Copy Share Image
John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter.As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
“We live in a world where rights and privileges frequently get confused. Often, people think they have a “right to be happy”… — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The real economic cleavage is not... between employers and employed, but between all who do constructive work, from scientist to laborer, on… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If the rights of civil partners are met differently in law to those of married couples, there is no discrimination in law,… — John Sentamu Copy Share Image
The FBI wants Apple to write software code to help it break into the iPhone. Apple doesn't want to say this. Andrew… — Laura Sydell Copy Share Image
Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
There's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
You know you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and head teachers should. It's within… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image