Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of… — Raj Thackeray Copy Share Image
My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers. I can… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
Who gets to decide the robotic bill of rights? It's going to be controversial. — Gray Scott Copy Share Image
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property… — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
The true test of one's commitment to liberty and private property rights doesn't come when we permit people to be free to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Unfortunately for me, most of the books I'd want to reprint were written for savvy publishers like Harlequin and Berkley who have… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
From a biological viewpoint, patriarchal religion denied women the natural rights of every other mammalian female: the right to choose her stud,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
