Rights must flow from responsibilities and responsibilities from competence and capacity. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
Just as women's rights are human rights, women's progress is human progress, — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
You may not violate the rights of one human being, even if it is suggested to be done for the sake of… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
“It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people don’t… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
We need to end qualified immunity at the federal level, where police can violate a person's civil rights with impunity, which we've… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My hope is that feminist, racial justice, reproductive rights and LGBT movements build a coalition that centers on the lives of women… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
The international human rights framework is a vital component and engine for promoting global values. Governments have signed up to this international… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a… — Kendrick Meek Copy Share Image
Fate handed Barack Obama the best of all political gifts - a dyspeptic, surly, spiteful opposition on the one hand and very… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
What I talked about in it was the idea of celebrity, and celebrities being treated like blacks were in the '60s, having… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights we designed to get the government off the backs of the people -- all the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The American ideal is not that we all agree with each other, or even like each other, every minute of the day.… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“Gay rights aren't predicated on being born gay or having the right gene. Gay rights are predicated on having choice and consent.… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
It turns out that a lot of women just have a problem with women in power. You know, this whole sisterhood, this… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible. — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. — Major Owens Copy Share Image
Everyone must have their rights, and in fact everyone gets their rights. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Community living is about having the same rights and choices as everyone else. — Ari Ne'eman Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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