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In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will… — Mary Robinson
Women's rights in essence is really a movement for freedom, a movement for equality, for the dignity of all women, for those who work outside… — William Ruckelshaus
Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to vicious media distortions,… — Sarah Schulman
No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights… — Wendell Willkie
Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction. — Frances Wright
There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights. — Irene Khan
Refugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of… — Sadako Ogata
For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged… — Ernestine Rose
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform… — Jonathan Schell
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
It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and… — Marian Wright Edelman
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 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
Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of individual human beings... their importance,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't think I have ever been as inspired by any character that I have played. I was deeply moved by Temple's courage and her… — Claire Danes
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
Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need… — Rodney Brooks
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself… — Henry David Thoreau
We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he pleases. — Adolf Hitler
Don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with... — Gerard K. O'Neill
I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT… — Emma Watson
Management has no divine rights. — Walter Reuther
The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves. — William Wells Brown

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