Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If Republicans want to defend the rights of corporations and billionaires to spend unlimited, secret money in campaigns, then they should say… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The problem with Islam is that it's a law, not a religion, and it's incompatible with our values, our rights, and our… — Matteo Salvini Copy Share Image
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
There's a number of other things where people can advocate for their positions, from a faith point of view on right to… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Police have two rights that even the president does not have, the right to take liberty and to take life. Those are… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Although the history of dispossession and exile for Jews is very different from the history of dispossession and exile for Palestinians, they… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world. A… — Sharon Biggs Waller Copy Share Image
It would also be strange to find in the midst of a catalog of the rights of individuals a provision securing to… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and… — Chris Kluwe Copy Share Image
If globalization is to realise its potential as a force for good, we have to look more closely at the means by… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It has been an obsession of human beings to create a hierarchy that places the human species on top and lumps all… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a… — Pope Clement VIII Copy Share Image
Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist. — Jackie Kennedy Copy Share Image
Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realise their full potential. — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that… — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
“Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
When you start talking about abortion and gay rights, people take that seriously and they're passionate about it - on both sides. — Bob Buckhorn Copy Share Image
In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
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