Thought Of equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but… — Alessandro Manzoni Copy Share Image
However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Everyone should have equal opportunities and equal rights, but you can't even have an opinion without somebody going off on you. That's… — Kane Brown Copy Share Image
I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
These three brothers were not afforded the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law. They were not given a fair… — Garry Robbins Copy Share Image
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora,… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism.… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Not since the early days of the civil rights movement has America been given an opportunity as great as the opportunity we… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of mental illness more than it does a philosophy. Socialists get bees in… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Nobody needs to justify why they "need" a right: the burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the]… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals… — Bruce Friedrich Copy Share Image
No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights. — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
You have to take your hat off to the homosexual and gay community cause right now they're as strong as black people… — Tyrese Gibson Copy Share Image
Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities. — Franjo Tudjman Copy Share Image
Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ... — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
We as a nation have a responsibility to stand up for the human rights of all people, regardless of race, religion, or… — George Santos Copy Share Image
I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is my responsibility to ensure the Internal Revenue Service respects the Constitutional rights of all Americans while enforcing the nation's laws. — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between the fact that Israel has full personal equality of citizenship but extends national rights only to the… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
![“We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. [I'm discriminated…” quote by Chuck Woolery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/chuck-woolery-16119_african-american_we-were-born-with-natural-rights-we-don_48287.png)
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