I'm a big believer in freedom and people's rights to express themselves and not have government interfere in that type of thing. — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
The pillars of classical liberalism call for flat taxes, with revenues put to limited uses; strong property rights; and free markets. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and… — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to legislate. You can't legislate good taste and you can't put a number on it in terms of… — Ann Robinson Copy Share Image
Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done… — John Trumbull Copy Share Image
It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts… — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Whenever a Republican gets in office, all of a sudden progressives realize that federalism and state's rights aren't necessarily only about defending… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people. — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
More conservative advocacy work often encourages portrayals of trans people as people who deserve rights. Deservingness, of course, corresponds to national racial,… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
We must defend the rights of working people to bargain collectively for fair wages and safe working conditions. — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue,… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have seen the most well-funded gay and lesbian rights organizations valorize the US military in their work seeking inclusion in military… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Among individuals, as among nations, peace is the respect of others' rights. (Orig: Entre los individuos como entre las naciones, el respeto… — Benito Juarez Copy Share Image
There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
In East China Sea and South China Sea, the Japan and the United States will closely cooperate on responding to China-related issue,… — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
“I have not stopped water when it should run. I have not made a cutting in a canal of running water.” — Alvin A. Bullock Copy Share Image
To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
I'm deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
According to the World Bank, the concentration of wealth and the structures of corporate economic power have no bearing on woman's rights. — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
Women should have the same rights and respect and paychecks and everything, you know, they're human beings. — Bianca Balti Copy Share Image
Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Yeah, I know I should be fighting for gay rights, but who wants to join the army or get married anyway? — John Waters Copy Share Image
They're the problems of poverty, of the rights of the individual, of the changes brought about by technology. They're the ones that… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
