Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
“EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared.” — Abner Cole Copy Share Image
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I believe in bipartisanship. But when it comes to something as fundamental as voting rights, I just have to ask, bipartisanship at… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Many [most] of Ivanka's [Trump] ideals are the platform of the democratic party. Her father [Donald Trump] has never mentioned anything she… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
They have accorded me my constitutional rights, and that is to their credit because the media hate campaign against me has been… — Ernst Zundel Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Remember, 'governance' is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
There are some groups that for years and years have not gotten the rights that the majority of human beings have, and… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals… — Stephen A. Douglas Copy Share Image
It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear… — John Cole Copy Share Image
The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
Love is like liquor, the drunker and more impotent you are, the stronger and smarter you think yourself and the surer you… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine 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
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
“Always Remember... Once You Give Up Your Rights, You Can Never Get Them Back. Once You Turn On That Police State, You… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure… — Jacob Schiff Copy Share Image
“The hallmarks of a dishonest society are cash for silence, non-disclosure agreements and the illegal removal of rights of those in the… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image