A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe everyone on this planet deserves equal rights to their own pursuit of happiness. — Joel Madden Copy Share Image
Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages. — Hugo Grotius 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
As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere -… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement. — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world. — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In general, I don't think that economic, social and cultural rights are primarily a matter of going to court. They are most… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of… — David Levering Lewis Copy Share Image
Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits,… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
The Americans of other blood must remember that the man who in good faith and without reservations gives up another country for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
In Burma, we are being told by so-called experts and some governments that we must be patient and that there can be… — Zoya Phan Copy Share Image
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones.… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
We should condemn as unjust a global economic order that leads to ever-increasing economic disparities - provided this effect is foreseeable and… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
“But when we have too much “I,” with too much “I have a right to,” then we necessarily move to a life… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I am an avid supporter of PETA and all animals as well as animal rights programs. — Corey Feldman Copy Share Image
The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother. — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
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