We took the name 'Liberal' because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Whoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in… — John Locke Copy Share Image
For those 10 months back in Afghanistan after university, I felt I had no rights. It felt like I didn't exist. It… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
Women's rights is an important and challenging question for us to be asking. It focuses attention on a global issue that in… — Carolyn Custis James Copy Share Image
If you believe in the values of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, if you're willing to work… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The establishment can't admit [that] it is human rights violations that make ... countries attractive to business - so history has to… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is a mighty document, but the rights it secures require constant vigilance - and the unwavering voices of justices who… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
I have an admiration, even though I'm not likely to do that sort of thing myself, for [Ayn] Roark's behavior when he… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If we want to do away with the injustice to gays it will not be done because we get rid of the… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
America was the first country in history to be founded on, people have rights. Not the divine right of kings, not the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Experiments in digitizing and running neural wetware under emulation are well established; some radical libertarians claim that, as the technology matures, death… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
With each passing year, people of faith grow increasingly distressed by the hostility of public institutions toward religious expression. We have witnessed… — Ralph E. Reed, Jr Copy Share Image
United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people,… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home. To betray nature is to betray… — Prince Ea Copy Share Image
Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
That we could live in a country with no rules for the rich, no rights for the poor, and no middle class… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the… — David Korten Copy Share Image
“The right to the pursuit of happiness, originally envisaged as a restraint on state power, has imperceptibly morphed into the right to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most… — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“A man can lead a reasonably full life without a family, a fixed local residence, or a religious affiliation, but if he… — Joseph Reese Strayer Copy Share Image
I would like to see every gay doctor come out, every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up and let… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
You don't know who the next group is that's unpopular. The Bill of Rights isn't for the prom queen. The bill of… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
When women talk about "privacy" they mean abortion rights, and the millions of words feminists have written about "a room of one'sown"… — Florence King Copy Share Image
But I also slaughtered you real mother and father. In a moment of mad rage, I took their lives and left you… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
I've never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
The U.S. Bill of Rights is being steadily eroded, with two million telephone calls tapped, 30 million workers under electronic surveillance, and,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Our reasons for criminalising squatting are crystal clear - we want to protect the rights of regular hard-working homeowners against the damage… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
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