Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature… — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
I care about people's human rights and, as a country, we have a very proud record indeed. But I'm also realistic about… — John Key Copy Share Image
It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“This faith...is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more… — Lloyd C. Douglas Copy Share Image
“When you’ve fallen from the sky, been abandoned by your friend, suffered police brutality, metamorphosed into a goat, lost your work as… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the rule. The majority of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people,… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I explained to the president that I've been pleased with my conversations with the Attorney General and Civil Rights Division regarding their… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preference, or… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Many who think that they are taking life seriously are actually only taking themselves seriously. Who takes himself seriously is over conscious… — Joseph T. O'Callahan Copy Share Image
Human rights are standards of behavior that are inherent in every human being. They are the core principles underpinning human interaction in… — Michael O'Rielly Copy Share Image
People think, 'Oh, you're doing 'The Wiz' because 'Empire' is such a big hit.' The truth is, staging this musical has been… — Craig Zadan Copy Share Image
In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war. I will continue to speak… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband's name when we married. I am a supporter… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
My - mine is based on the fact that Bill Clinton has done - and I'm - this sounds like hyperbole, but… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I realised what a powerful position you are in if you own the rights to your film because then you control the… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
From a biological viewpoint, patriarchal religion denied women the natural rights of every other mammalian female: the right to choose her stud,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
The U.S. was founded by a group of political leaders who signed a document which says, "We are endowed by our Creator… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can, and I have some great… — Karen Dawn Copy Share Image
The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
What people are seeing in Ferguson, MO is a community being pre-emptive instead of reactive! We all want the family to have… — Merle Rutledge Jr Copy Share Image
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I agree with those who argue that it is possible to distil from the religions of the world their common values and… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
It's kind of interesting and sick that the intellectual culture called the 1960s, "time of troubles," a dangerous period in which a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
"Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human… — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
It might be depressing, but it's also the truth that no one has the power, the money, or the resources to save… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
