By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
Countries often prioritise economic interests over human rights - hence all the kowtowing to China. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“Human rights; they are in the hands of mankind and nowhere else.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
We need to respect free speech, but we need to respect one another's rights to free speech, too. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
“Rights have to be asserted. Animals cannot make such assertions. We have to make representations to ourselves on their behalf.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We all deserve to live in a world where our rights aren't violated at the whim of our leaders. It doesn't matter… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The emphasis has been on rights, not responsibilities. When it comes to piecing together the fragments of broken lives, we have tended… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom… — William Weld Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers believed that our Creator gave us certain inalienable rights. The Pledge of Allegiance simply reinforces the beliefs that led… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I have never seen white people who would sit, who would, who would approach a solution to their own problems nonviolently or… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The people, when they have been unchecked, have been as unjust, tyrannical, brutal, barbarous, and cruel, as any king or senate possessed… — John Adams Copy Share Image
To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Is the Reformed faith opposed to human rights? Yes, very much so. It is not human rights but Divine law which is… — James B. Jordan Copy Share Image
Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. If the guns are taken out of the… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear… — John Cole Copy Share Image
Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to… — Cliff Asness Copy Share Image
Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of inspiration. It is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Can we say that the constitutional monarchies in Spain, Belgium or England are democratic? Those with superior chambers like the House of… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
If you lay duties upon people and give them no rights, you must pay them well. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice. — Chen Guangcheng Copy Share Image