Basic Right Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

Thank you for your kind invitation. However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment… — Wentworth Miller
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. — Charles Rangel
I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right… — Wentworth Miller
If abandoning animal research means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it ... We have no basic right ... not… — Tom Regan
This kind of horror has become all too familiar to us. As parents, Cindy and I offer our prayers to the memory of the slain… — John McCain
It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president. — Thomas Carper
Child labour is an issue of grave importance. It must become a top priority for all governments of the world. How can the world move… — Craig Kielburger
Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to… — Edward Kennedy
It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal. — Dalai Lama
Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises… — Michael D. Higgins
A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen… — Charlton Heston
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the… — Gary L. Francione
I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying… — Malala Yousafzai
Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans. — Nydia Velazquez
Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities… — Paul Singer

Who Wrote These Basic Right Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 17 Basic Right Quotes as follows: