I am not an individualist in the Western sense. Collectivism can become oppressive when it tries to dictate; the rights of the… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We should assert our rights under the EEA Treaty to remain a member after Brexit and apply to join EFTA as an… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
I'm not a civil rights activist or an activist in general. I just think we all carry a responsibility based on who… — Trevor Lawrence Copy Share Image
When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“No true love is possible, Lewis demonstrates, until we abandon our claims, our rights, our grievances. Until then we will be trapped… — Michael D. O'Brien Copy Share Image
While the Right of Suffrage is conceded to thousands notoriously ignorant, vicious, and drunken, ... a Constitutional denial to Black men, as… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
It is a significant fact that, of all the Christian countries, in those where the church stands highest, and has most power,… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
The whole of the Bill is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes… — Albert Gallatin Copy Share Image
From the circumstances of my position, I was often thrown into the society of horse-racers, card-players, fox-hunters, scientific and professional men, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Fourteenth Amendment, after the civil war, in principle brought former slaves into the category of persons, theoretically. But if you actually… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That was actually Lloyd Phillips who was a Kiwi film producer in L.A. And it was about Gorgeous George, not Haystacks Calhoun.… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
Like other discriminatory legislation in our country's history, immigration laws define and differentiate legal status on the basis of arbitrary attributes. Immigration… — Aviva Chomsky Copy Share Image
At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Throughout my campaign for Congress, I promised the people of Northwest Georgia that I would be the strongest defender of gun rights… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
It is not that you set the individual apart from society but that you recognize in any society that the individual must… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is my responsibility to ensure the Internal Revenue Service respects the Constitutional rights of all Americans while enforcing the nation's laws. — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
I have learned so much from conversations I've had with young students about racial justice, climate action, LGBTQ rights, workers' rights, and… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control. — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
