Rights Quotes · Page 77

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

— Millard Fillmore

The goal of #BDS is the full restoration of Palestinian rights, not an agreement to create an artificial mini-state in order to…

— Ali Abunimah

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right…

— Louise Slaughter

America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means…

— Muqtada al Sadr

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been…

— Charles Sumner

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the…

— George W. Romney

The modern labor movement that began around the mid-19th century has given us many of the basic working rights that we now…

— Mike Quigley

I used to believe in a "Ms. Right", but now i know there is like 4 million "Ms. Rights" and it is…

— Matthew Perry

Saddam Hussein was a bad guy. Right? He was a bad guy, really bad guy. But you know what he did well?…

— Donald Trump

No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under…

— H. L. Mencken

Without criticism of Islam, Islam will remain unassailed in its dogmatic, fanatical, medieval fortress; ossified, totalitarian and intolerant. It will continue to…

— Wafa Sultan

A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is,…

— Honore de Balzac

We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views.…

— Eliot Engel

Civil rights for all Americans, black, white, red, yellow, the rich, poor, young, old, gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal…

— Jerry Falwell

Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United…

— Rob Woodall

A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some…

— Susan Faludi

“Customer service is bad because we allow it to be bad. What do you do when you get bad service? Tell the…

— Larry Winget

Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability,…

— Deborah Smith

I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions…

— Chelsea Manning

When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men…

— Barack Obama

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for…

— Ronald Reagan

Nora leaves her husband, not-as the stupid critic would have it-because she is tired of her responsibilities or feels the need of…

— Emma Goldman

Once again, we are thrilled to be hosting this amazing gathering for LGBT families from across the country. Our families are an…

— Jennifer Chrisler

We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights…

— Anonymous

If you believe that men and women have equal rights, if someone asks if you're feminist, you have to say yes because…

— Aziz Ansari

I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not…

— Olivia Wilde

The ideal of perfect Success is an ideal belonging to the same sort of individual as the inventor of Equal Rights of…

— Wyndham Lewis

In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they…

— Michelle Bachelet

We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of…

— Leopoldo Lopez

True religion, like our founding principles, requires that the rights of the disbeliever be equally acknowledged with those of the believer.

— A. Powell Davies

The fact that gay marriage is legal but women don't have equal rights is so redonkulous that I think it just doesn't…

— Kamala Lopez

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand…

— Bernie Sanders

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world…

— Kailash Satyarthi

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men...They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal…

— Robert Owen

Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap; Find wealth--let no imposter heap; Weave robes--let not the idle wear; Forge arms--in your defence to…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history,…

— John Adams

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of…

— Anthony Kennedy

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

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was…

— James Bovard