Rights Quotes · Page 61

But the novels of women were not affected only by the necessarily narrow range of the writer's experience. They showed, at least…

— Virginia Woolf

As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.

— Isaac Hayes

Obama seems to inspire a bizarre personal loyalty among his advocates, particularly among young people who should by all rights be concerned…

— Ben Shapiro

If [Western] relations with Russia are to be friendly, they must be open and sincere, otherwise there can be no friendship at…

— Vaclav Havel

Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books.

— Bradley A. Smith

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

— Ron Silver

I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms…

— Barack Obama

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to…

— Robert H. Jackson

We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of…

— Matthew Coon Come

The democratic ideal springs from the ideas of liberty, equality, majority rule through free elections, protection of the rights of minorities, and…

— Saul Alinsky

There cannot be a federal state of Europe without all citizens receiving the same benefits and rights.

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

The human rights we are to discuss here at Vienna are . . . the quintessential values through which we affirm together…

— Radhika Coomaraswamy

Our rights come from God, not the government.

— Ted Yoho

Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere.

— Bill Ayers

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

— Rachel Carson

In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the…

— James Madison

I'd like to stand up for the rights of people who put everything on their burger - chutney, mustard, pickle, mustard pickle,…

— Terry Pratchett

I've been an animal rights activist and a vegan for 28 years. The entire time, I've asked myself: How do I best…

— Moby

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.

— Al Franken

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.

— Noam Chomsky

Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the…

— Glenn Greenwald

The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of…

— Michael Shermer

I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the…

— H. L. Mencken

Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect…

— Emily Post

Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other…

— Alan Dershowitz

There's a culture war in this country. Americans in recent years, as you know, have become more secular. They don't go to…

— Tom Gjelten

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the…

— William Ellery Channing

When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the…

— Noam Chomsky

I think it's been fun to show that Bryan and I share a Honda Fit, and we're huge environmentalists, and we're big…

— Brie Bella

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit…

— Ron Paul

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

— Mary Robinson

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

— Potter Stewart

EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us…

— Ellen Malcolm

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common…

— Thomas Paine

We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts…

— Lisa Kudrow

It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so…

— Norman Angell

Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.

— Nazanin Boniadi

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

— Hillary Clinton

And we are in a strange conundrum. You can kill an American citizen overseas. But according to this administration, if you capture…

— John McCain