How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
I am for lasting peace... United, I believe, we can win the battle for peace. But it must be a different peace,… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I thought that you had stood up for the free will & rights of humans in this town.” “Depends on the human,”… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Ever since taking office, the Obama administration has sought to accommodate Islamist demands that freedom of expression be curbed, lest it offend… — Frank Gaffney Copy Share Image
Property rights can improve a woman's ability to stand up to violence in the home. You might think education and employment are… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception about me and my work is that I only make political films denouncing human-rights atrocities, even though all of… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
“But whether the risks to which liberty exposes us are moral or physical our right to liberty involves the right to run… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
“What is the use of discussing a man's abstract right to food or medicine? The question is upon the method of procuring… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
It was an easy decision for me which books to self-publish as ebooks. I got the rights back to two Avon books… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
AR is going to play such an infinite role in our lives that we have to establish clear ground rules respecting everyone's… — Tim Sweeney Copy Share Image
“States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don’t want to get married, it tends to hurt my… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I'm very, very worried about the invasion of privacy rights that we're seeing not only from the N.S.A. and the government but… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Where it is the majority religion, Islam does not recognize religious freedom, at least not as we understand it. Islam is a… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It's government's job to respect and protect the rights of the individual. That vision is centrally important to the principle put forth… — Bill Sali Copy Share Image
You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was… — Birch Bayh Copy Share Image
In case after case, President Bush's actions have made American women less safe and less secure -- on the job and on… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The concept of justice I take to be defined, then, by the role of its principles in assigning rights and duties and… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The rights a man arrogates to himself are related to the duties he imposes on himself, to the tasks to which he… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If we enter into the kind of world that Google likes, the world that Google wants, it's a world where information is… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had the privilege… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“There are many ways to honor America. This book is mine. I have completed this journey of self-education in the belief that… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
The slightest sign of stability is used by local authoritarian leaders to bargain for the sympathies of Western countries that are, for… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
People in this country need to understand when you go to any airport in the United States, you are not protected by… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image