The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
Somehow it has been forgotten that the Republican party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement, with one simple creed: that… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
Gay People can’t do this. Women shouldn’t be able to that. But touch my semiautomatic rifle and you’re attacking my rights. — Remi Kanazi Copy Share Image
If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I love the people of Venezuela. I want that country to have freedom. I want it to have human rights and to… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you… — Wei Jingsheng Copy Share Image
The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
In the West we are free to think what we want, to read what we want, to practice our religion, to live… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
It's time for us to review the circumstances under which corporations gain rights superior to that of individuals in our society. It's… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
“The thought of someone believing you deserve fewer rights because of who you are is depressing. But then you realize that, by… — Amber Ruffin Copy Share Image
And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
In opposing we always talk about freedom in the Western world, Muslims always talk about justice. Very often we mean the same… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free institutions are not the property of any majority. They do not confer upon majorities unlimited powers. The rights of the majority… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of… — Alberto J. Mora Copy Share Image
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The commotions that have taken place in America, as far as they are yet known to me, offer nothing threatening. They are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I have my rights, not because of Washington suddenly deciding, Strom Thurmond and others, "Hey, let's give certain Americans equal rights." But… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
The slogan of the American Civil Rights Movement was "We shall overcome!" Donald Trump's new campaign slogan is "We shall overcomb!" — Michael R. Burch Copy Share Image
If Bradley Manning was the person who copied the secret US diplomatic cables to WikilLeaks, he is a hero for exposing human… — Peter Tatchell Copy Share Image
There's a worldwide linking of environmental activists, developmental experts and human rights advocates. And they're using the two frameworks, in particular environmental… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Copy Share Image
An awful lot of people keep a stock too long because it gives them warm fuzzies – particularly when a contrarian stance… — John Neff Copy Share Image
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what… — Helene Deutsch Copy Share Image
The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
The notion of a world government to defend our rights would have sent the founding fathers running for their muskets. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Remember that you always have the right to be treated with respect, and to protest unfair treatment or criticism. It’s vital to… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Sam was helping animals long before he was Sam Simon. He lived what he believed; his thing was making the world better… — Justin Baldoni Copy Share Image
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