Rights Quotes · Page 41

God has never been obligated to give us life.If we fall for our rights, we'll be in hell tonight!.

— Anonymous

If my salary is taken without my agreement, it is a violation of my rights,

— Mu Sochua

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment

— Roger Scruton

I believe in animal rights, human rights, land rights, water rights, air rights.

— Rod Coronado

The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women.

— Laura Bush

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.

— Sara Ramirez

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

— Dag Hammarskjold

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury…

— Silvia Cartwright

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

— Coretta Scott King

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.

— James K. Polk

“Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.”

— DaShanne Stokes

Bacon, Locke, Descartes, Hume, and all the others knew they were giving rights to vulgarity. But in so doing in addition to…

— Allan Bloom

You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way…

— Beverly Engel

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

— Barbara Boxer

If the Chinese government gets carried away with denying basic rights, then there will be a pushback from within.

— Neil Bush

I think that we've made great moral progress in the second half of the 20th century in many respects, and particularly in…

— Alexander McCall Smith

We are so considerate of the minute constitutional rights and even of the political feelings and influence of people whom we have…

— Westbrook Pegler

The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are…

— Jonathan Mayhew

Unity is the only way in which the people of this country can overthrow the fascists, communists, capitalists, and all the other…

— William Powell

I do not oppose violence simply because it is counterproductive. I oppose it because it betrays animal rights philosophy. Those who resort…

— Andrew Linzey

The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists…

— John Darnielle

How he lies in his rights of a man! Death has done all death can. And absorbed in the new life he…

— Robert Browning

The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them…

— James Monroe

Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with…

— Gene Sharp

Then something fails and they're all out again, but DVD revenue is disappearing, you know, it's not disappearing but it's going off…

— Eric Fellner

For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and…

— Coretta Scott King

Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on…

— Dalai Lama

Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism;…

— Maggie Nelson

Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon…

— Anonymous

There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity…

— Pope Francis

We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be…

— Carson McCullers

The fate of our democracy rests on our ability to protect voting rights for all citizens.

— Alex Padilla

I support LGBT rights and reblog things of girls kissing cause it’s cute.

— Lauren Jauregui

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

— Victor Hugo

Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Genuine rights don’t conflict—they enable us to live together without intractable conflicts.

— Yaron Brook

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

— Dan Quayle

Women are very powerful! That's why I believe in women's rights and why I fight for it.

— Kenza Fourati

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

— Thomas Jefferson