Rights Quotes · Page 74

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.

— Thomas Jefferson

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will…

— Tommy Shaw

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack collective-bargaining rights.

— Neera Tanden

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

— Jimmy Carter

Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Obama seems to inspire a bizarre personal loyalty among his advocates, particularly among young people who should by all rights be concerned…

— Ben Shapiro

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

— Mother Teresa

[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness.

— Jeffrey Rosen

From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live; and, as at the instant of birth…

— Anonymous

I must personally say that I do question the sincerity and nonviolent intentions of some civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin…

— Jerry Falwell

While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights…

— Jay Nixon

For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on…

— Joe Klein

We can't afford to compromise on anything we have fought for - abortion is legal in our country, and I will do…

— Deb Haaland

Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and…

— Lysander Spooner

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even…

— Michael Badnarik

If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to…

— Langston Hughes

Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is…

— Paulo Coelho

There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New…

— Danny Glover

It is long past time to eliminate bigotry in the workplace and to ensure equal opportunity for all Americans. It is time…

— Tom Harkin

In your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil…

— Susan B. Anthony

“In the old Republican days the subject of slavery and of the saving of the Union made appeals to the consciences and…

— Benjamin Harrison

We need to reshape the movement as one of grassroots activists, and not 'professional activists' who populate the seemingly endless number of…

— Gary L. Francione

The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash…

— Reginald Hudlin

How to check these unconstitutional invasions of rights by the Federal judiciary? Not by impeachment in the first instance, but by a…

— Thomas Jefferson

Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.

— Liv Ullmann

It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights.…

— Wayne Smith

Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would…

— Dick Durbin

You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.

— Brendon Urie

Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.

— David Blunkett

Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

— Penn Jillette

Obama has presided over sweeping cultural advances, particularly in the rights of gay and lesbian Americans.

— Joy Reid

It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet;…

— Frances O'Grady

I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

— Theresa May

I don’t have any doubt in my mind that there will come a time when we will see violence against animal rights…

— Jerry Vlasak

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

— David Korten

I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I…

— Hannah Simone

I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.

— Sadiq Khan

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by…

— Gerrit Smith

The Bill of Rights isn't about us, it's about them . It isn't a list of things we're permitted to do, it's…

— L. Neil Smith