Fundamental Rights Quotes

20 Fundamental Rights quotes by 18 unique authors

What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination… — B R Ambedkar
The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take… — Wendy O. Williams
We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The fight against drug trafficking is a wildfire that threatens to consume those fundamental rights of the individual deliberately enshrined in our Constitution. — Unknown Author
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to… — Arthur Curley
Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democracy. — Elena Kagan
The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution. — Ted Olson
Short of preventing harm to the child, the standard of 'best interest of the child' is insufficient to serve as a compelling state interest overruling… — Unknown Author
Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil… — Lyman Trumbull
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman. — Pope Francis
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down… — David Boies
In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to… — Claudio Hummes
The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the artist's only patron,… — Walter J. Phillips
I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens. — Al Franken
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. — Tom G. Palmer
The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the soil and subsoil,… — Albert Schweitzer
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices. — David Blunkett
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has… — Barbara Boxer
If so many brave men and women could wear our countrys uniform and sacrifice their lives for our most fundamental rights...then surely we can do… — Michelle Obama

Who Wrote These Fundamental Rights Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 20 Fundamental Rights Quotes as follows: