I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by… — Roger Wicker Copy Share Image
A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its… — John Hume Copy Share Image
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the battles over birth control and Planned Parenthood are primarily neither political nor religious. This is an issue of… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned--I support your right to enjoy it. However, I would… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable answer to those… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
It is good that the Canadians are raising the flag among Western countries to raise the issue of human rights abuse throughout… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that… — Gelila Bekele Copy Share Image
The entire party and country should hurl into the fire and break the neck of anyone who dared trample underfoot the sacred… — Enver Hoxha Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in scoring points or being over-critical of the US administration. I want to find the entry points to try… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Black-on-black crime is a massive human rights issue that's going on in America. — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image