Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women. — Nadezhda Krupskaya Copy Share Image
We got the Supreme Court, we pressured the Supreme Court into supporting women's rights to choose. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“People need to stand up for their wrongs, as they stand up for their rights.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid - if you don't exercise your rights, you will lose them. — Maria Ressa Copy Share Image
Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction… — John Baird Copy Share Image
At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of… — William Hague Copy Share Image
My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
You will never meet anyone who admires the American founders more than I do, but they were human, they made mistakes. Perhaps… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
You talk about the Pro-Life movement being one of the great shames of our nation. I think, if you want number two,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act -… — Stephanie Cutter Copy Share Image
Every selfish motive therefore, every family attachment, ought to recommend such a system of policy as would provide no less carefully for… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism;… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
The danger of silent accumulations & encroachments by Ecclesiastical Bodies have not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S. [...] Besides the danger… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The notion that Americans can be protected from "terror" by giving up the Bill of Rights is absurd. Democrats are complicit in… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
“Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly, than a recollection of the happy conjuncture of times and circumstances, under which our Republic… — George Washington Copy Share Image