After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners -… — Alan Gottlieb Copy Share Image
This president Barack Obama has done more for the LGBT community than any president in history. It's just an objective fact. And… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is… — Thomas Day Copy Share Image
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
In America, I think we just keep adding, and that's our problem. We almost never subtract. We keep adding these boondoggles, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
Obviously I do have political views - I'm a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue being involved with issues that animated my time as attorney general - criminal-justice reform and civil rights especially.… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
If a person wants to be of any use to himself, he better insist on getting his fair share of beauty and… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms have been restored in Iraq, as… — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America,… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Obama wanted to offer his support to birth control activist Sandra Fluke. He wanted to express his disappointment that she has been… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
Even there, [Barack] Obama's generals, his Pentagon, they're telling him what to do. And the force for gay rights is inevitable. And… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Of course, political leaders are much more ambitious than gangsters. The latter are content to take your money, whereas the former, besides… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
There's no legal protection for cyborgs. In 2010, I started the Cyborg Foundation to defend our rights. Cyborgs have been kicked out… — Neil Harbisson Copy Share Image
The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Without the means to prevent, and to control the timing of, conception, economic and political rights have limited meaning for women. If… — Alice S Rossi Copy Share Image
“Women deserve better than organizations bearing the names of racist rapists funding million dollar campaigns on subway trains. These wealthy middle aged… — Sonya Renee Taylor Copy Share Image
The Industry's at war. I think it's about control. You can make all of the financial arguments that the industry has been… — Don Rose Copy Share Image
England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as [James Madison] put it, one of the primary… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, "What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths, sitting on a cosmic shelf next to the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the… — William Hague Copy Share Image