Rights Quotes · Page 39

Rights must flow from responsibilities and responsibilities from competence and capacity.

— Tasneem Hameed

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

— Eliot Engel

It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.

— Clarence Day

Just as women's rights are human rights, women's progress is human progress,

— Hillary Clinton

Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible.

— Ed Davey

Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.

— Mary Robinson

Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

— Jack Kingston

Everyone must have their rights, and in fact everyone gets their rights.

— Ayelet Shaked

We have enshrined in our founding documents and promoted the fundamental truth, all around the world, that the rights of all men,…

— Marco Rubio

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

— Shirin Ebadi

“You have a right to have a godly anger to bring about change, godliness and justice in the society.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the…

— James Madison

The erosion of privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment, written to protect us against unreasonable search and seizure, began in earnest under…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by…

— Brett Kavanaugh

Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.

— George Bernard Shaw

As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.

— Anonymous

A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power. A…

— Paul Feyerabend

Let us hope our weapons are never needed - but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when…

— Edward Abbey

All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to…

— John Lewis

After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted…

— Niger Innis

American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred…

— Malcolm X

I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in…

— Thomas Paine

The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have…

— Patricia Arquette

The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of mental illness more than it does a philosophy. Socialists get bees in…

— L. Neil Smith

We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have…

— Chuck Woolery

“I am a men's liberationist (or "masculist") when men's liberation is defined as equal opportunity and equal responsibility for both sexes. I…

— Warren Farrell

I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals…

— Bruce Friedrich

No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for…

— Ron Paul

There's been a systematic propagandizing of American citizens for 30 years to make us forget what America is supposed to be and…

— Naomi Wolf

Nobody needs to justify why they "need" a right: the burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the…

— Edward Snowden

The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the]…

— Akbar Ganji

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.

— Major Owens

Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them.

— Terry Pratchett

If an animal has any rights at all, it's got the right not to be eaten.

— Gary L. Francione

People look at rights as if they were muscles — the more you exercise them, the better they get.

— Antonin Scalia

Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local.

— Murray Rothbard

“Nine women possess the same rights as a man... to learning and knowledge.”

— Kathleen Krull by Eliza Orzeskowa

Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality.

— Tony Fernandes