American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I believe that Brother Fidel Castro is one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of the struggle of human beings to… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights,… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics.… — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people,… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Wage theft, worker rights and workplace discrimination should not be swept under the rug. The United States cannot have a functional economy… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
If a woman or a gay person has a right, by conservative logic, then the right is not actually a right but… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments ... to… — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. { Franklin's edit to the assertion in Thomas Jefferson 's original wording, 'We hold these… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I think it is a must for young people and generations yet to come, to understand, to feel, to touch, to almost… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
“Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read. If you are… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The mandate entails a generous synthesis of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The title requires the expert to be truly… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed… — Oliver Wolcott Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I know that as a vegan, I'm in a minority. People love their meat. It's up there with sugar and TV and… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
“In every civilized society, there is an established institution put in place to design laws that make people live civilized and having… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the… — Hun Sen Copy Share Image
In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
You spend so much time barking up the civil-rights tree, you don't even know there's a human-rights tree on the same floor. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The demands of the Civil Rights era weren't limited to voting rights - they strove for an end to segregation in all… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
LGBTQ Americans deserve a president who will always stand with them and protect their civil rights - without hesitation. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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