Ancient Egyptian women had rights under the law. They could own land. Many were literate. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights. — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
We need to support new organizing strategies for employees who too often have never had the benefit of collective bargaining, and we… — Hillary Clinton 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
We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you… — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
The full impact of printing did not become possible until the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States with… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we continue to tell ourselves the popular myths about racial progress or, worse yet, if we say to ourselves that the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We live increasingly in a world of haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches.… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people: they include the… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
In the constitution of Spain as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me:... that no person… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The thing about drugs is this ... the Libertarians kind of have the right idea on this: Basically, their theory is that… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
The entrance of the woman with equal rights into practical modern life, her new freedom, her finding herself side by side with… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
“Failure to recognize the historical specificity of the bourgeois conception of rights and duties leads to serious errors. It is for this… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
I stand before you today heart broken, I know history and I love this country ...God blessed this country and it took… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
You took something precious from me, do not get me wrong if my turn to take your rights. — Mohamad Idrus Copy Share Image
The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The fight for women's rights is all our fight. It always has been. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
“The rights we have as free individuals is the right to choose as we please.” — steven redhead Copy Share Image
