“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings” — Yōko Tawada Copy Share Image
Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
By the early 1960s, there was a moral consensus on what needed to be done on civil rights. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
1813 Women have no rights. 1913 Women fight for some rights. 2013 Women are always fucking right. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites. — Merlin Stone Copy Share Image
Voting rights is not just some other issues alongside other issues, it gets to the heart of who we are in the… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Always remember Rahm Emanuel and those of his ilk who are opposed to our fundamental civil right to keep and bear arms… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges,… — Jim McGovern Copy Share Image
The problem is when [the state] monitor all of us, en masse, all of the time, without any specific justification for intercepting… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Personally, when it comes to rights, I think one of two things is true. I think either we have unlimited rights, or… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of… — Bryan Fischer Copy Share Image
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they… — Daniel Kammen Copy Share Image
I could never be a politician. But as uncomfortable as I would be doing so, I have no problem with Obama's long-planned… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
We have prayed, we have coaxed, we have begged, for the vote, with the hope that men, out of chivalry, would bestow… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
We must assiduously protect the voting rights of all Texans and uphold our democratic process. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
“The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights. – Oswald Chambers” — Duke Taber Copy Share Image
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![“The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of office, that he will 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.' The great object of the executive department is to accomplish this purpose; and…” quote by Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/97d/joseph-story-11919_accomplish_the-duty-imposed-upon-him-the-president_1660822.jpg)
