The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health... At… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement.… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as "the right to enslave".A nation can do it , just as a man can become a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The callous use of general warrants and the disregard for the Bill of Rights must end. Forcing us to choose between our… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country,… — Fatou Bensouda Copy Share Image
I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
I wish and will continue to wish, that the German people should learn that by reason of practical examples afforded by their… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
In Kashmir, rights relating to life, liberty, dignity of the people, and freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution, embodied in the… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I don't need any more press. I get enough when I work, but environmental causes is one place where you can get… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Where no individual in a community is denied his rights, the mass are the more perfectly protected in theirs; for whenever any… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
You are further to declare that we hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in… — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
While we welcome people of all faiths in America we cannot be so naive as to expect all countries to do the… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Voting is our right, but it is also our responsibility because if we don't take the next step and elect leaders who… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for… — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
The things I really cared about - poverty, the Great Society, civil rights - were all being drained away by the Vietnam… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Well, there’s 10 — there’s 10 different — there’s 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
If we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order.… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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