Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of… — Michael Manley Copy Share Image
I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation. — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much.… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
PlayStation 4 won't impose any new restrictions on used games. This is a good thing... When a gamer buys a PS4 disc,… — Jack Tretton Copy Share Image
Out-of-control bureaucrats have put politics over common-sense policy with government mandates that force people to choose between earning a paycheck and violating… — Jim Bob Duggar Copy Share Image
In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio. — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
You will never meet anyone who admires the American founders more than I do, but they were human, they made mistakes. Perhaps… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
When I kissed a girl, nobody was around. So I didn't do it for anybody. I'm not a lesbian. I encourage anybody… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human… — Claudio Hummes Copy Share Image
The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure… — Vladimir Putin 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
I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled… — George Mason Copy Share Image
It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
We respect women and don't insult them by saying all they care about is reproductive rights. All issues are women's issues. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights. — Megawati Sukarnoputri Copy Share Image
when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the… — Marc Morial Copy Share Image
In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's… — Bob Edwards 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
I stand for humanity, no creeds or religion, I defend human rights and will continue to do till the day that I… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Only by zealously guarding the rights of the most humble, the most unorthodox, and the most despised among us can freedom flourish… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights. I don't think you should infringe on the type… — Gabriel E. Gomez Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image