Rights Quotes · Page 57

“God created us all with his love, to be equally treated. No human being is superior over another.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

If we're discussing women's empowerment and equal rights, then yes, I support it.

— Dulquer Salmaan

You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties.

— David McCullough

“Children are taught a great deal about their rights, but very little about their duties.”

— Lee Harris

I'm passionate about gay rights, but I think we need admit that there are some gay wrongs as well.

— Dov Davidoff

No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.

— Raul Castro

The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear.

— George Meany

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.

— Antonin Scalia

The New Testament picks up from the Old the theme that God intends, in the end, to put the whole creation to…

— Anonymous

When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates…

— Shirin Ebadi

Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights.

— Hafez Ibrahim

If you're willing to give your life to defend my rights, you can have sex with a pie and I will heat…

— Wil Anderson

“America was the land of liberty--and liberty had come to mean the right to disregard the rights of others.”

— Milo Hastings

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

— Stokely Carmichael

We should limit qualified immunity and change the standard for bringing cases against officers who violate victims' civil and Constitutional rights.

— Cal Cunningham

A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are…

— Anonymous

I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism.…

— George Carlin

What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise…

— Ernestine Rose

We must respect each other's right to choose a collective destiny, and the opportunity to develop the legal and political rights for…

— Jackie Huggins

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them.…

— Martin O'Malley

It has not been without bitter resistance by the clergy that woman's property and educational rights have advanced. Woman's anti-slavery work, her…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties,…

— Charles E. Wilson

We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when…

— Richard M. Nixon

Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the…

— Gary Bauer

We also need to make sure women can be in charge of their reproductive health. We can't defund places like Planned Parenthood,…

— Chrissy Teigen

Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and…

— Kofi Annan

America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to…

— Glenn Beck

“Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we…

— Henry David Thoreau

America has become and was the exception to the way most of the people in the world were forced to live, because…

— Rush Limbaugh

The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World…

— Edward S. Herman

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people…

— John Diamond

Exploding crime is not something that rights itself.

— Miranda Devine

“Bill of Rights: (n.) official tally of how much our rights cost to keep.”

— Sol Luckman

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

— Anthony Kennedy

Women have been given so many rights in BJP-ruled states.

— Kirron Kher

I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.

— Taslima Nasrin

Same-sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it's equal rights.

— Ricky Gervais

We are pleased to have acquired remake rights of 'Comali' for all languages in the world.

— Boney Kapoor

Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school.

— Melinda Harmon