Rights Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Only the Jews, of all the nations under Roman rule, had won the right to separate their political obligations from religious ones, to obey…

— Elaine Pagels

“...when all the bullshit about rational, divinely inspired social order is put to one side, Roman law was all about defining and protecting property…

— Peter Heather

“In this ideal of justice the apparent conflict between the theories of law and the practice of everyday life is accounted for. The Teutons…

— Vilhelm Grønbech

My point is, as civilization is progressing, Mosaic law came down from the mountain, was handed to civilization, it emerged through the Greek civilization…

— Steve King

“Almost all modern legal practice is derived from one of two distinct traditions. The first, the so-called civil law tradition, is a direct successor…

— William Rosen

Fundamental rights are not a given today. We have to protect them.

— Vera Jourova

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

And what I tell people is this - as a citizen of this country, there are certain rights that are given to you. Officer…

— Sharon Cooper

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights…

— Jehane Noujaim

“If somebody comes and scoops up all of my neighbor’s information because they’re on Verizon and just gathers all of that information, it is…

— Glenn Beck

As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old…

— Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen,…

— Mike Huckabee