Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The Bush administration and its 'we'll liberate you by invading your countries' doctrine is thankfully behind us. It is up to us… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to… — George Weah Copy Share Image
We need a proper balance between rights and responsibilities in our laws. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
The concept of father's rights should be thrown out the door. It should be called children's rights and parent's responsibilities. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the… — Roma Downey 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
“If you don't make a stand for something you'll never make a stand for nothing..” — Alcurtis Turner Copy Share Image
The only party that has better bragging rights than the Greens is the Bloc Quebecois. — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
There's a lot that can and should be done, not just in terms of elections administration with respect to the voting rights,… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
We Americans are a primitive people... Americans seem to have little respect for the law or the rights of others. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights — David Maister Copy Share Image
I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Whether we are talking about access to affordable birth control, feeling safe from violence in our homes, or being able to earn… — Ann McLane Kuster Copy Share Image
The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Right and responsibility go hand in hand. You can't give rights to those who are not responsible. If you want to let… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
We're talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it… — Dan Glickman Copy Share Image
The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights... have pressured retailers on campus and off to publicly disclose the factory names and… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
Whether or not we continue to enforce a universal conception of human rights at moments of outrage and incomprehension, precisely when we… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
One thing I will keep doing for sure is fighting for everybody's rights behind the scenes. — Demba Ba Copy Share Image
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet;… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The good news is that there is strong movement in this direction of shifting from domination systems to partnership systems. Over the… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
“Only serfs or ex-serfs find it necessary to draw up a statement of their 'rights'.” — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong -… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The revolutionists did not succeed in establishing human freedom; they poured the new wine of belief in equal rights for all men… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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If women took up arms to defend their reproductive rights, the GOP would ban assault rifles yesterday. — Steve Marmel Copy Share Image
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