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Rights Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.
- I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed…
- True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or…
- The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time.
- What has happened to us? It seems as if we have perverted our freedom, our rights into license, into being irresponsible. Perhaps we did not…
- I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full…
- In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God,…
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- I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have been a… — Michele Bachmann
- People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges,… — Michele Bachmann
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
- Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even… — Michael Badnarik
- Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey
- The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively… — Gerry Adams
- No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal… — Brigitte Bardot