My own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
Our evenly matched rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness require an equal paycheck. — Letitia James Copy Share Image
We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel. — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
You have fewer rights because you are a minority. Absolutely, that’s how democracy works. — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the… — Marvin Simkin Copy Share Image
The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property. — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who… — Richard Hatch Copy Share Image
Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My hopes for Iran's future lies with women first and foremost. Iran's feminist movement is very strong. This movement has no leader… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I don't think any business has to give up legal protections in order to simplify. The main consideration is that whatever protection,… — Alan Siegel Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like 'I'd rather go naked… — Adela Popescu Copy Share Image
The violence that we had in the 60's was limited. The next time it will be unlimited because the violence in the… — Robert F. Williams Copy Share Image
If anarcho-communism served to regiment the population in the name of libertarian unity, if it served in any way through collectivist measures… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. This, then,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
German equality of rights is the prerequisite for any participation on Germany's part in international conventions and agreements. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all, — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
