The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it's tough, but the second time,… — Shaffi Mather Copy Share Image
The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What is the fate of my people in Kurdistan and Sinjar Mountain? What must be done so Yazidis can have their rights? — Nadia Murad Copy Share Image
I wasn't born a first lady or a senator. I wasn't born a Democrat. I wasn't born a lawyer or an advocate… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We want to defend the rights of Malaysians. We don't want to sell chunks of this country to foreign companies who will… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Nature will get rights as soon as it gets duties. The minute we see birds, trees, bugs, squirrels picking up litter, giving… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“whenever a person holds onto personal rights, he sets himself up for the tyranny of fear when those rights are threatened. The… — Steve McVey Copy Share Image
Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
We often forget that the women's rights movement actually grew out of the abolition movement. It is really within abolitionism that many… — Manisha Sinha Copy Share Image
People who want to come to this country don't have constitutional rights. Once they get here, they do. But coming here is… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
Twenty-six years ago the highest court in this land did an incredible thing. They issued a Supreme Court decision that really boils… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
And these great natural rights may be reduced to three principal or primary articles: the right of personal security; the right of… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
“The natural rights which he retains are all those in which the Power to execute is as perfect in the individual as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I… — John Rosemond 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
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
[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
I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone. — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
“Once you have realized that law enforcement are not going to uphold your legal rights, you should recognize that making a emergency… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Courts of equity have always considered it of the greatest possible importance that parties should not sleep on their rights. — Frederick Romilly Copy Share Image
Countries that want to achieve sustainable growth must cater for diverse forms of work and consider the rights of all workers. — Alain Dehaze Copy Share Image
Rocks, like louseworts and snail darters and pupfish and 3rd-world black, lesbian, militant poets, have rights, too. Especially the right to exist. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
The framework for everything I've done has been human rights. That is about protecting the vulnerable and giving people access to courts… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.” — Seth Daniel Parker Copy Share Image