“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
By the early 1960s, there was a moral consensus on what needed to be done on civil rights. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left. — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It's not in the Bill of Rights. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
It cannot be right in a world of increasing human progress - whether in medicine, space exploration or renewable energy - that… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights. — John Tyler Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could… — Elizabeth Evatt Copy Share Image
The respect for the rights of minorities that China's Tibetan and Uighur activists champion would prevent instability that could spill across China's… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
“…the very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can harm them,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Just as it wouldn't be right to only to have an economic dialogue with China, equally you shouldn't restrict your dialogue solely… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage…w e… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
Should people be mere "interested spectators of action," not "participants," restricted to lending their weight periodically to one or another sector of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That's the key - to maintain the garden of liberty, right? This is a generational thing that we must all do continuously.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We want to have trade agreements that give us a level playing field, get other countries to respect the rule of law,… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I knew, even at eight, that the confusion of values thrust upon me by parents, teachers, other children, nannies, camp counselors, and… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
We should not feel so sorely grieved if no man who had not attained the full stature of a Webster, Clay, Van… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The concept of the "information society" is both vague and all-embracing. Different participants meant different things by it. In practice, though, World… — David Souter Copy Share Image
Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind:… — Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora Copy Share Image
Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral… — Geoffrey Miller Copy Share Image
There's been a systematic propagandizing of American citizens for 30 years to make us forget what America is supposed to be and… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“I am a men's liberationist (or "masculist") when men's liberation is defined as equal opportunity and equal responsibility for both sexes. I… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
When you pick up a guitar, you don't put down your First Amendment rights. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
…we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image