Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure…

When victims of crime find the strength to come forward and engage in the criminal justice process we must ensure that they have basic…

— Chris Sununu

Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to…

— Bob Beckel

Look, you are interested in trying to make sure that governments keep a clean environment, have regard for the lifestyles of indigenous peoples, and…

— Mary Robinson

I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never…

— Waris Dirie

“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there…

— Sister Helen Prejean

We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment…

— Barack Obama

As for free education, universal medical care and other basic rights: Yes, people have to fight! Of course they have to. Free and good…

— Andre Vltchek

If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of…

— William Greider

The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as I’m a U.S. Senator, I will fight to protect…

— Rand Paul

“Thus individuals and communities of all faiths, or of none, enjoy two basic rights. One is the right to an autonomous social existence, free…

— Timothy Shah

“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state. Hence”

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

A country can develop only when you ensure these basic rights, let them voice their opinion and give them basic education, hygiene, medication, portable…

— Sayani Gupta

There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation of the…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the…

— Tim Berners-Lee

[Nicolas Maduro] completely controls the judicial branch, controls the courts, has denied their basic rights and the responsibility that the legislative branch has in…

— Marco Rubio