The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today. — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Courts of equity have always considered it of the greatest possible importance that parties should not sleep on their rights. — Frederick Romilly Copy Share Image
Countries that want to achieve sustainable growth must cater for diverse forms of work and consider the rights of all workers. — Alain Dehaze Copy Share Image
Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
“Once you have realized that law enforcement are not going to uphold your legal rights, you should recognize that making a emergency… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“You may not be able to change the world for the better, but the world is able to change you for the… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The truth is, even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface there are… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that's not how it's heard over there. In China, his… — Evan Osnos Copy Share Image
The state should never have instituted and enforced legal property rights in persons, and should not have been in the business of… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even bare subsistence has to be produced-and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability,… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
What I do know is, in little more than 30 years, we have gone from a nation where the “quiet enjoyment” of… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
Nationality is not a universal human principle but an historical, local fact...Every nation, even a small one, has its own character, its… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Women deserve the same permanent rights and explicit protections given men in the Constitution. — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights... — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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