To a certain extent, I think I've become an animal-rights person. — Jason James Richter Copy Share Image
Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
People should have their rights to be who they want to be and love who they want to love. — Sasha Cohen Copy Share Image
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. — Erwin Griswold Copy Share Image
The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights. — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The revolutionists did not succeed in establishing human freedom; they poured the new wine of belief in equal rights for all men… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the… — Sergei Udaltsov Copy Share Image
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Where was the libertarian right during the great struggles for individual liberty in America in the last half-century? The libertarian movement has… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this -the ability… — Moby Copy Share Image
The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Our Bill of Rights, the most precious part of our legal heritage, is under subtle and pervasive attacks... In the struggle between… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine… — Chico Xavier Copy Share Image
Because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The original meaning of the word tact referred to the sense of touch (as in 'tactile'), and came to mean skill in… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of inspiration. It is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to… — Cliff Asness Copy Share Image
Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books. — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
You can believe in women's rights without believing that every woman is right. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I just hope that everyone tells their children, especially daughters, to fight for their rights! — Mahesh Manjrekar Copy Share Image
