Fundamental rights are not a given today. We have to…

The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the soil and…

— Albert Schweitzer

The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.

— David Blunkett

When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that we're always…

— Terri Sewell

Fundamental rights are for everyone and have to be respected by everyone. But we can't be naïve in dealing with those who are abusing…

— Vera Jourova

India's democracy where over 1 billion people have a voice in deciding their future is a world example of how governance can incorporate diversity…

— Narendra Modi

We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and…

— Bernard Lown

The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship each citizen…

— Mike Godwin

President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as…

— Denis McDonough

And what I tell people is this - as a citizen of this country, there are certain rights that are given to you. Officer…

— Sharon Cooper

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights…

— Jehane Noujaim

“If somebody comes and scoops up all of my neighbor’s information because they’re on Verizon and just gathers all of that information, it is…

— Glenn Beck

“The most general formulation of rights given with the natural is, in the words of Roman law, suum cuique, to each his own.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were…

— Pope Leo XIII

When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen,…

— Mike Huckabee

As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old…

— Abdullah of Saudi Arabia