I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
I'm deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions… — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
If they are ignored, [Alice] Callaghan worries, the dangers of handing the streets over to private security forces will only grow. 'Until… — Ben Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The irony of primary parent laws is that on the one hand feminists were arguing for women's equal rights to jointly-created career… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine… — Chico Xavier Copy Share Image
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom.… — Jack Herer Copy Share Image
“Power is given only to those you allow to have power over you. No man was born with a master. The only… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
Those who directed the state in the time of Solon and Cleisthenes did not establish a polity which ... trained the citizens… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The heartbreak that it might not happen wasn't something that I wanted to face with any more weight. Then, when I got… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the case of women, it is of the living and unpublished blood that the violent world has professed to be delicate… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those… — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
“EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared.” — Abner Cole Copy Share Image
John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the… — David Wong Copy Share Image
People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights — Connor Barwin Copy Share Image
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense. — Richard Scaife Copy Share Image
The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
The product supply chain, from source material to store, is an organizing map for delivering human rights. — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image