No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
True liberty acknowledges and defends the equal rights of all men, and all nations. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
I know how to use overhand rights and how to effectively land a body shot. — Shane Mosley Copy Share Image
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Every true Freethinker accords to each individual the right to mental freedom. Where this freedom leads is no concern of others so… — Etta Semple Copy Share Image
My feeling is that whatever people elect to do, insofar as they don't deny the rights of others, every effort should be… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend… — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
We have to recognise that rights are being violated. The United Nations actually filed a report that found that that was the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right ... Even political rights, like the right to vote, and… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement.… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health... At… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as "the right to enslave".A nation can do it , just as a man can become a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, the board of directors that the middle managers report to generally make them aggressive. Imagine being hired into a company and… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“In my judgment, the woman is the equal of the man. She has all the rights I have and one more, and… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I think we've come a long way with women's rights, but we've got a long way to go. — Rachel Riley Copy Share Image
The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Preventing female infanticide is equally important in protection of women's rights. — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
