There's a wider agenda that speaks to what the Democratic Party has historically stood for, which are economic rights for those who… — Mike McCurry Copy Share Image
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
By strengthening the three pillars of the United Nations - security, development and human rights - we can build a more peaceful,… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I demand from you in the name of your principles the rights which I shall deny to you later in the name… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
You gain all of the rights and privileges and respects that are afforded the majority, and that's ultimately what matters for your… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world,… — Nathaniel Altman Copy Share Image
The main difference lies in wage levels, which is because our workers are not yet as well trained as in other countries.… — Nguyen Minh Triet Copy Share Image
The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock." — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. { Franklin's edit to the assertion in Thomas Jefferson 's original wording, 'We hold these… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Today we find ourselves faced with the imminent end of the era of cheap oil, the prospect (beyond the recent bubble) of… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
It is my privilege to have introduced House Resolution 1612 honoring the Constitution of the United States, and the freedoms and rights… — Bob Latta Copy Share Image
Liberals have been overselling the threat to reproductive rights for decades. — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
What's blinking red on my radar is the fact that for people who prioritize abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights, those… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Her [Jurdge Sandra Day O'Connor] judgment has also been critical in protecting our environmental rights. She joined in 5-4 majorities affirming reproductive… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The 1970s was the decade of liberation, of anger at injustice and demands for recognition and rights. But over time, the demand… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 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
Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
In the US the problem has been, for instance, that Nazis have rights of free expression, right? But other kinds of racist… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be… — Annie Lennox 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
It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The concept that flourished during the most glorious periods of republican Rome and that appeared in the Twelve Tables of the Law… — Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Copy Share Image
I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust; I was born when there was no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A bear and a deer are both wild animals. We allow the deer to roam in our backyard but we do not… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
In every aspect and among almost every demographic, how American society digested and processed the long, dark chapter between the end of… — Douglas A. Blackmon Copy Share Image
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