The trouble is, SMers are allowing themselves to be defined by what they are not. We think, "Oh, so many people believe… — Laura Antoniou Copy Share Image
I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry… — John Fuller Copy Share Image
Romney is a classic case of re-invention. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported government-sponsored healthcare, was sympathetic to gay rights, and opposed… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
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As a man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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We may think that justice is everyone being equal, having the same rights, sharing the same kind of advantages, but maybe we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
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Equal rights for women. I agree with that concept. But we will never be free, we will never obtain equality, until we… — Abby Johnson Copy Share Image
I am still the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people,… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
The habit of seen the public rule, is gradually accustoming the American mind to an interference with private rights that is slowly… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
I never did ask more, nor ever was willing to accept less, than for all the States, and the people thereof, to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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India's democracy where over 1 billion people have a voice in deciding their future is a world example of how governance can… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I'm a progressive. What I find is that a subsection within the left that instead of standing for consistency in progressive values,… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment,… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
As property, honestly obtained, is best secured by an equality of rights, so ill-gotten property depends for protection on a monopoly of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
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