Our founders understood that divine authority was necessary in order to establish a ground on which the weak, the defenseless, the powerless,… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eternal advance. We can save the rights we… — Henry Demarest Lloyd Copy Share Image
Lust, that state commonly known as 'being in love,' is a kind of madness. It is a distortion of reality so remarkable… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not… — Douglas Feith Copy Share Image
Being a progressive himself, Franklin Roosevelt was talking about the fact that we should provide jobs for everyone who wants one. People… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
I had very little exposure to business growing up. I also was very focused on the Civil Rights Movement. And I saw… — Kenneth Chenault Copy Share Image
A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
We may say with truth and meaning, that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is my interpretation from the Koran that all people have equal rights. That means men and women, Muslims and non-Muslims too.… — Yousef Saanei Copy Share Image
Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The Obama Administration's obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The rashness of the persecutor hath overspread the rights of the persecuted so that punishment is awarded to him that has gained… — Thomas Becket Copy Share Image
“Another tendency, which is extremely natural to democratic nations and extremely dangerous, is that which leads them to despise and undervalue the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Is the Reformed faith opposed to human rights? Yes, very much so. It is not human rights but Divine law which is… — James B. Jordan Copy Share Image
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of… — Auberon Herbert Copy Share Image
“Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it… — John Peter Altgeld Copy Share Image
Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There can be people who feel one way about gay rights, another way about gay rights. There can be people who have… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can't be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water,… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights,… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights,… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
Human rights pale beside the rights of machines. In more and more cities, especially in the great metropolises of the South, people… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
By the early 1960s, there was a moral consensus on what needed to be done on civil rights. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
