If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties,… — Charles E. Wilson Copy Share Image
Joe Biden will speak to the nation's largest gay rights group during a human rights convention on Friday. Then on Saturday, he… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
“Those who fail to claim their natural rights as men risk being treated as the property of others, rather than as human… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
The church would betray its own love for God and its fidelity to the gospel if it stopped being . . .… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, corporations has human rights. And then why not - why not nature also, if corporations can defend… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Gun control advocates need to realize that passing laws that honest gun owners will not obey is a self-defeating strategy. Gun owners… — J. Neil Schulman Copy Share Image
Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In every aspect and among almost every demographic, how American society digested and processed the long, dark chapter between the end of… — Douglas A. Blackmon Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform.… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
America’s founding ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more-and nothing less. The rest-everything that America achieved, everything she became, everything… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Every country should realize that its turn at world domination, domination because its rights coincided more or less with the character or… — Juan Ramon Jimenez Copy Share Image
I have three different groups of girlfriends and I swear to you, we put the world to rights between 8.15 and whenever… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a… — Judith Light Copy Share Image
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“No despotism, no privileged monopolies, no police societies, no divine rights of the emirs or feudal landlords or shady priests and sheikhs.… — Rami Ollaik Copy Share Image
“Once you have realized that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are not going to uphold your legal rights, you should recognize… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“There are no 'rights' of special groups, there are no 'rights of farmers, of workers, of businessmen, of employees, of employers, of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
The government has to treat all citizens equally. I am a strong supporter not of a weak version of civil unions, but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Human rights are fundamental rights, they are the minimum, the very least we demand. Too often, they become the goal itself. What… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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