As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement… — Steven Horsford Copy Share Image
There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain… — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
To Democrats, guaranteeing voting rights is a critical part of safeguarding democracy. However, we also recognize that our efforts to do so… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
If the Republican Party stands for individual liberty, if we defend the Bill of Rights, if we stand for keeping this country… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Politically, [Albert Camus] was in favour of a federation, and effectively he considered that like South Africa today (or as they are… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
It is true that non-governmental organisations working within strong human rights frameworks are now confounded by securitarian forms of logic and power… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their… — Okky Madasari Copy Share Image
Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not… — Michael Anti Copy Share Image
The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty…The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading,… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eternal advance. We can save the rights we… — Henry Demarest Lloyd Copy Share Image
I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there is an animal inside me. Sometimes it roars… — Roberto Duran Copy Share Image
The period of my service will depend on two conditions. Firstly, of course, there are rules stipulated by the Constitution, and I… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
[In the event of war, Americans would] resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
By April 1998, the fortunes of Lazio were on the rise as they won their first trophy in 24 years. Meanwhile, my… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Loads of my friends are gay, I don't see myself in any sense as being opposed to gay rights, but I did… — Lucinda Creighton Copy Share Image
Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Too many Americans now believe that the checks they receive every month from the unemployment office - like the checks they get… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a lack of will. I think it's an issue of what people view as constitutional rights under the… — Rod Beckstrom Copy Share Image
If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The covenant between Jews and God was conditional on their respect for human rights. The reason they were expelled from the land… — Stephen Sizer Copy Share Image
It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Act is not a terrorists' charter. It enables ordinary citizens to seek redress when the government breaches fundamental freedoms… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Many [most] of Ivanka's [Trump] ideals are the platform of the democratic party. Her father [Donald Trump] has never mentioned anything she… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image