This might explain why Obama gave billions to Wall Street crooks, and dragged the Iraq and Afghan wars on and on. Happily… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes,… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Unlike the Congress, the AAP stands for democratic rights of states, stands against the infringement of democratic rights by the Centre. — Atishi Copy Share Image
The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the… — John Hume Copy Share Image
If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, we must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
... for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and… — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
The challenging of repression by a new generation of activists - from Malala Yousafzai to Pussy Riot - across the globe reminded… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
I met Muslim immigrants in Brooklyn who were swept up in 9-11 raids, held in abusive conditions, beaten, denied rights. That's how… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I don't want Breonna Taylor to become the Claudette Colvin of the Black Lives Matter era. I don't want Ahmaud Arbery to… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I have defended democracy, human rights, and brotherhood between peoples. And I'll keep doing so for as long as I live. — Leyla Zana Copy Share Image
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When our founding fathers drafted the Constitution and Bill of Rights, black people weren't even considered human. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
There isn't much question that the person who obtained the WikiLeaks cables from a classified U.S. government network broke U.S. law and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, civil rights division is the conscience of the Justice Department. You can almost measure what kind of… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
