Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored… — Henry Campbell Black Copy Share Image
Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the… — Henry Louis Gates 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
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we cannot sit idle as unparalleled rules and regulations significantly restrict our rights and ability to care… — Alan Wilson Copy Share Image
I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country,… — Diego Luna Copy Share Image
Once you empower people and say,' Here you are, now you get to dream the great dream of becoming a full citizen… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law.… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
We British say "to put the world to rights." I've discovered that that's not the way Americans say it and people scratch… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be… — Jiang Zemin Copy Share Image
“Positive legacy of the 1960s was the revolutions in civil rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, and gay rights, which began to consolidate… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been… — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
The people in Arab countries are now speaking out and asking many questions about human rights, minorities, religion, democracy, "the other," and… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
You cannot just exercise your rights and get away without performing your responsibilities. Understand that it should not be about 'me' but… — Kiran Bedi Copy Share Image
My son has made me more politically active when it comes to LGBTQ rights. When he came out, I worried about what… — Belinda Carlisle Copy Share Image
“The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that… — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy. — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Every time guns fall into the wrong hands and are used to intimidate, injure, or murder women, it erodes the rights of… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
