Civil rights Quote by Glenda Jackson

This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the right of…

— William O. Douglas

Historically the great movements for human liberation have always been movements to change institutions and not to preserve them intact. It follows from what…

— John Dewey

We are entering a new world in which we can choose to follow our own steps, not those that society forces us to take.

— Paulo Coelho

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and…

— Michael Douglas

Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary…

— Paul Ryan

I think it's so important to think about the basic human rights of others and to use our collective voices, minds and bodies to…

— Courtney Act

“What right does a society have to call itself human, if it does not act like one, instead keeps quarreling and slaughtering in the…

— Abhijit Naskar

There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans…

— Vint Cerf

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be…

— Elizabeth Evatt

Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom.

— 14th Dalai Lama