British Quote by Noam Chomsky Download Open image “Women didn't have rights. Under British common law, women were property.” — Noam Chomsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare British Common Common law Law Property Rights
Women haven't yet completely exchanged their privileges for their rights. — Clemence Dane Copy Share Image
British women's history was never confined to the British mainland; and contesting the narrative around enfranchisement shows us that rights were not bestowed by… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
1813 Women have no rights. 1913 Women fight for some rights. 2013 Women are always fucking right. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
If women want any rights they had better take them, and say nothing about it. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men... don't band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Women have rights (over against men) equal to the rights (they owe men) but men have precedence over them. — Afica Child Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image