The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the… — Andreja Pejic Copy Share Image
I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know of only one country, at least to my knowledge, which has a dissident culture where leading figures, I mean, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The Tories’ major announcement was to scrap the Human Rights Act, because, and I quote, ‘people get very frustrated with human rights.’ — Tim Farron Copy Share Image
Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Copy Share Image
Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Part of the true luxury of "earned laziness" are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy. It… — Al Gini Copy Share Image
The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights. — Laura Mennell Copy Share Image
The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
When Google went into China, there were some people who said they shouldn't compromise at all - that it is very bad… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political-… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
No matter what someone else has done, it still matters how we treat people. It matters to our humanity that we treat… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
If we want to do away with the injustice to gays it will not be done because we get rid of the… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
We need a broad commitment to human rights across the board. We cannot attain that simply by protecting one oppressed group or… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
For any state, I'm not going to recognize its rights to be a state with a hierarchy of citizenship on the basis… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care,… — Bryant Gumbel Copy Share Image
A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
Attorney General John Ashcroft is in intensive care. He's suffering from a severe case of pancreatitis, which they can't really figure out… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
After I got arrested the Filipino government unshackled me. I knew first-hand how they violated my rights and I could speak about… — Maria Ressa Copy Share Image
We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
“I never think of myself as an attacker, only as a defender - usually of rights - mine and others.” — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“Live for your country, die to yourself; live for yourself, die to your country.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
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