Political Rights Quotes

24 Political Rights quotes by 20 unique authors

We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men. — Frederick Douglass
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't… — Clarence Day
We must respect each other's right to choose a collective destiny, and the opportunity to develop the legal and political rights for Indigenous and non-Indigenous… — Jackie Huggins
Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from… — Alexander Hamilton
Only majorities can expand political rights in America's constitutional society. — David Barton
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments,… — Rudolf Rocker
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become… — Rudolf Rocker
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex. — Harri Holkeri
The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the army was a… — Herbert Read
The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the… — Rene Cassin
The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights. — Mikhail Bakunin
Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed… — Winston Churchill
Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of… — Larry Elder
What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks… — Winston Churchill
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they… — Paul Farmer
The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant… — John L. Lewis
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are… — P.J. O'Rourke
For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future. — Andrew Young
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed… — Susan B. Anthony
Stability and a prosperous life cannot be set off against a set of political rights and freedoms. — Dmitry Medvedev
Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights,… — Brendan Myers
Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority. — Jack Schwartz
The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they… — Rene Cassin

Who Wrote These Political Rights Quotes

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