We're talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I'm never going to beg for pardon for exercising fundamental rights. — Jordi Cuixart Copy Share Image
Fundamental rights belong to the human being just because you are a human being. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel I have more faith in European ideals than some of my British or French friends. For them, it's a… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision… — David Boies Copy Share Image
The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Here's the problem for the secularist: where does the right to an abortion come from? If it comes from the state, he… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human… — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
India's democracy where over 1 billion people have a voice in deciding their future is a world example of how governance can… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“it was not until 1937 that Justice Curdozo of the US Supreme Court formulated for the first time the concept of fundamental… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“One of the fundamental rights of mankind should be that of wearing as many or as few clothes as one likes inside… — Sachin Kundalkar Copy Share Image
Virginia's laws reinforce parents' fundamental rights to make decisions with regards to their child's upbringing and care. — Glenn Youngkin Copy Share Image
“The problem with today's culture is that we have too many rights and not enough wrongs.” — Ron Brackin Copy Share Image
Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don't have to have education in order… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human… — Claudio Hummes Copy Share Image
We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender,… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The fight against drug trafficking is a wildfire that threatens to consume those fundamental rights of the individual deliberately enshrined in our… — Juan Guerrero Burciaga Copy Share Image
My hope is that the Pope Francis visit to Cuba will remind all the Cuban citizens that they possess dignity and fundamental… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Privacy as a fundamental right allows a person to prohibit, regulate, and take other actions against any actual and/or foreseeable intrusions into… — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
Human rights are fundamental rights, they are the minimum, the very least we demand. Too often, they become the goal itself. What… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Short of preventing harm to the child, the standard of 'best interest of the child' is insufficient to serve as a compelling… — Barbara Madsen Copy Share Image
The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that… — Wendy O. Williams Copy Share Image