Basic Rights Quotes

26 quotes by 24 authors

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London… — Gerry Adams
The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. — Barbara Boxer
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for… — U Thant
We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this -the ability to pursue life… — Moby
The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most… — Ban Ki-moon
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social… — Peter Singer
A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary… — Vaclav Havel
People, regardless of political views, matter in this state and in this country and in this world. And, you know, when people attack people's basic… — Clive Palmer
The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as Iâ€™m a U.S. Senator, I will fight to protect the… — Rand Paul
There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation of the Western… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights as… — Jon Stewart
Why is it that any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East regions is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human… — William Greider
As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize… — Jack Antonoff
We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these… — James Inhofe
As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web… — Tim Berners-Lee
I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids… — Ishmael Beah
There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. — Sonia Sotomayor
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a… — Thomas Sowell

Who Wrote These Basic Rights Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 26 Basic Rights Quotes as follows: