I've always opposed gay marriage. I believe that we should provide equal rights to people regardless of their sexual orientation but I… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights… — Sean Faircloth Copy Share Image
A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“...A vision from a universe where the Equal Rights Amendment--with its redefinition of personhood--is rejected by the house of deputies: A universe… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
When I say, 'I stand for equal rights,' I mean equal rights for all persons... from the moment of conception until natural… — Abby Johnson Copy Share Image
Being a feminist simply means you believe in equal rights, and I think if you ask anybody if they believe in equal… — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“Hank, I can't stand it!" "You can't stand what, baby?" "The situation." "What situation, babe?" "Me working and you laying around. All… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No principle of general law is more universally acknowledged, than the perfect equality of nations. Russia and Geneva have equal rights. It… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and… — Chris Kluwe Copy Share Image
I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Those stories weren't being written at all - stories about women's inner lives and outer activism. We've come miles and miles, but… — Marisa Tomei Copy Share Image
I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Our boys need to look up to older people around them, especially male figures, to be able to express their full person… — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Copy Share Image
Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
I'll do anything to pass the ERA [Equal Rights Amendment], even if it means wearing babydoll nightgowns and padded bras, if that… — Joan Hackett Copy Share Image
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Sure, I could tell you I am no longer a lesbian or that I am no longer attracted to women and am… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
Another Christian concept, no less crazy, has passed even more deeply into the tissue of modernity: the concept of the 'equality of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I can only speak for myself and what feminism means to me, and that is equality for every human being: equal rights,… — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Sweden's development is based on the equal rights of men and women. We know that investments in gender equality and sexual and… — Isabella Lovin Copy Share Image
The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving… — Qiu Jin Copy Share Image
In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think I'm a humanist. I believe all humans should have equal rights to live, express, flourish, love and dissent, irrespective of… — Sayani Gupta Copy Share Image
“This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world. A… — Sharon Biggs Waller Copy Share Image
There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not… — Mark Davis Copy Share Image
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms have been restored in Iraq, as… — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
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