The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times. — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I really believe in a globalist agenda, but globalization isn't just allowing companies to trade freely all over the world. It's about… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc. — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Men, specifically in the West, have no rights of passage, no way to know when they become a man. Everywhere else in… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
If you're an American citizen and you decide to join up with ISIS, we're not going to read you your Miranda rights.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment,… — Jackie Huggins Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
People say that if we work for the Single European Act, women will get their rights, the water will be purer, and… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Karen Russell learned to think from her father, someone Peter Gammons knows well, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, who used his prominence… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For some of Britain's most powerful people, hunting and shooting are primordial rights, and any challenge to them is treated as illegitimate.… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I care deeply about women's rights. I have been an outspoken advocate for them for many years and as secretary of state… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
During the rule of the Shah, arrogance, aggression, territorial expansion at the expense of the Arabs and attempts to harm Iraq's national… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
Unless this [Barack Obama] American administration is willing to diverge from the conventional American policy in the Middle East by changing its… — Ilan Pappe Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“You may not be able to change the world for the better, but the world is able to change you for the… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
China may brutalize Buddhists in Tibet and Muslims in Xinjiang while denying basic rights to the rest of its 1.3 billion citizens,… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I have a recurring fantasy that one more article has been added to the Bill of Rights: the right to free access… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Appreciating teachers means transforming the way we think about education and the way we design curriculums. It means protecting the rights of… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
[Professional accountants ] should be encouraging companies to enhance their green credentials by switching to renewables, and to respect core labor standards… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Getting to a 1 rating in households is a sign that we're building momentum. It gives us bragging rights. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy? — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
“Those who fight for social justice and the rights of people will count any other thing as unimportant.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
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