The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible. — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
Everyone must have their rights, and in fact everyone gets their rights. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. — Major Owens Copy Share Image
Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
You can't disobey the rules every time you disapprove. However, when you're considering something that constitutes an extreme abridgement of your rights,… — Mario Savio Copy Share Image
I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the… — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be… — Carson Kressley Copy Share Image
The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
The problem with being a gun rights supporter is that the left hates guns and the right hates rights. — Gene Hoffman Copy Share Image
Thus godlike sympathy grows and thrives and spreads far beyond the teachings of churches and schools, where too often the mean, blinding,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“People have a greater tolerance for evil than for violence. If crooked gamboling, thieving and robing are covered over folks will tolerate… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
If a man speculates on what 'society' should do for the poor, he accepts thereby the collectivist premise that men's lives belong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have gay friends, I support gay rights, I have nothing against the gay community, but when I see two guys kissing,… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
I don't know - too much about Robert Williams tactics, but if he was trying to defend himself, he was within his… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
This is community land that belongs to particular clans, and therefore, it must go back and its administration and the determination as… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
You write a spec, and you pour your heart and soul and life into a spec, and you think that spec is… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts.… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
The backlash against women's rights would be just one of several powerful forces creating a harsh and painful climate for women at… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about the ancient Greeks is that they really didn't have our conception of individual rights. They didn't… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
Rights must flow from responsibilities and responsibilities from competence and capacity. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country. — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
Just as women's rights are human rights, women's progress is human progress, — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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