The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or… — H. V. Evatt Copy Share Image
You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could… — Elizabeth Evatt Copy Share Image
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization,… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
We're in Trump times - we're in the time this misogynist hate clown is the leader of the free world, and when… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
So, apparently, if you are a pre-sentient mass of cells, this country will protect you and your rights to the n-th degree.… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In America, I think we just keep adding, and that's our problem. We almost never subtract. We keep adding these boondoggles, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Whatever their relative valuation of the single and married states, most societies in history made sharp distinctions between those who married and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
I believe in the admission of women to the full rights of citizenship and share in government, on the express grounds that… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There's a dilemma over how to balance concrete economic interests with critical opinions on the state of human rights. It's the human… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
There may perhaps be a new generation of doctors horrified by lacerations, infections, women who have douched with kitchen cleanser. What an… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I'm not convinced that the people of Arizona as a nation couldn't do better to protect equal rights for all than the… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. By all rights they shouldn't exist, but if some people have them, then you'd better have one,… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
To Democrats, guaranteeing voting rights is a critical part of safeguarding democracy. However, we also recognize that our efforts to do so… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
We feel that animals have the same rights as retarded human nchild because they are equal mentally in terms of dependence on… — Alex Pacheco Copy Share Image
All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
In terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporations I don't think deserve the same protections as the free speech… — Chris Coons Copy Share Image
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Don't correct me, you don't have any rights over me." "What kind of life is this? So I sit at home ,… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
The problem is sitting in the birthplace of Islam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where this interpretation of Islam has gone out into… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
I'm surprised John Lewis didn't invoke the suppression of voting rights in this election [2016]. I still think it's one of the… — Katrina vanden Heuvel Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish… — Hark-Joon Lee 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
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