Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the… — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he… — Roy Wilkins Copy Share Image
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together… — Samuel Adams 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
Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously. — Alfie Kohn 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
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
“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
The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
I believe that what is legislated bleeds down into everything. So if the legislation continues to uphold anything that doesn't support equal… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
My view is that we have the Second Amendment rights to bear arms, and in this country my view is that we… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The discriminations that are found in the Muslim majority countries are more Cultural than Islamic. … I have always said to the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I'm not convinced that the people of Arizona as a nation couldn't do better to protect equal rights for all than the… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
When we paint, whether it is on our bodies for ceremony or on bark or canvas for the market, we're not just… — Galarrwuy Yunupingu Copy Share Image
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Turkey, with its political intolerance, as I have described it, is prepared to march forward, to break with its taboo about the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
My God loves everybody, and if yours doesn't, that's your prerogative, but don't tell me how to live my life and don't… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
Young women you will be the ones who will provide the example of virtuous womanhood and motherhood. You will continue to be… — Elaine S. Dalton Copy Share Image
When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come… — Alexis de Tocqueville 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
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
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
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
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
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 Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful… — Anthony Kennedy 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
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
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 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
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
