Basic human rights Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.

— Rand Paul

I guess there are some rights of parents with what they choose their children to learn, but I'm biased in favor of freeing children…

— Richard Dawkins

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

— Barack Obama

Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.

— John Goodlad

No matter where they live or how much money their parents make, every child deserves access to high-quality health care.

— Sara Gideon

When someone grows up in poverty they never know that's going to be a benefit to their child.

— Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

— Laura Schlessinger

“All children, legal citizens or not, should have free access to education and health services. Never punish children for the decisions made by adults.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with…

— Ed Markey

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children…

— George Weah

It makes sense for societies to make education compulsory for children. Children are vulnerable. They can't make decisions. But the decisions can't all be…

— Noam Chomsky

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

— Jeff Bridges