Rights Quotes · Page 47

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

— Dorothy Height

In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.

— Jason Kander

The civil rights fight was a very important fight.

— Walter Cronkite

Workers' rights should be a central focus of development.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I support things that are very close to my heart: mostly LGBTQ rights.

— Devendra Banhart

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother

— Anonymous

“If you do not exercise your rights, they will be taken away.”

— Aegelis

My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.

— Janine di Giovanni

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

— Stonewall Jackson

I really believe in a globalist agenda, but globalization isn't just allowing companies to trade freely all over the world. It's about…

— Noreena Hertz

People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc.

— Paul Beatty

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

— William Jennings Bryan

One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up

— George MacDonald

It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same…

— Jon Stewart

Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

— John Prendergast

Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves.

— Winnie Byanyima

From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

Francis of Assisi tells us we should work to build peace. But there is no true peace without truth! There cannot be…

— Pope Francis

We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to natural systems, but also as a direct threat…

— Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

“Democracy commits us to value, preserve and uphold the rights, dignity, and well-being of all, including our neighbors, those who are different…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle…

— Ronald Reagan

When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think…

— Christine Pelosi

Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know…

— Evo Morales

Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think…

— Bernie Ecclestone

We will continue our journey to our destination of peace and education. No one can stop us. We will speak up for…

— Malala Yousafzai

During that time period all of our tribes were suffering extremely from poverty and neglect. And the reason I say neglect is…

— Leonard Peltier

You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they…

— Noam Chomsky

Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the…

— Ronald Reagan

Constitutional rights are useful up to a point, but they do not serve to guarantee much more than what could be called…

— Theodore Kaczynski

I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other…

— Walter E. Williams

If you look at the rights situation - what media companies pay - then you see that the rights prices continue to…

— Martin Sorrell

If something robotic can have responsibilities then it should also have rights.

— Emily Berrington

Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.

— Radhanath Swami

The valuation of profit over people impedes human rights across much of the world.

— Opal Tometi

“who knew everything about her rights and nothing about the fragility of her place in the world.”

— Kamila Shamsie

The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.

— Thomas Paine

We have a fabulous civil rights history here in Birmingham.

— Luther Strange

We didn't necessarily write about women's rights or talk about it. We were just doing it.

— Charlotte Caffey

The right thing is to look after people and women and women's rights to their own bodies.

— Tom Payne