Access Quote by Ritchie Torres

It's unfortunate that there's such a disconnect between what's happening on our legislatures and what the public knows about, the consequences what that means…

— Sandra Fluke

I am arguing that it is a mistake for trans activists to focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion in legal equality frameworks,…

— Dean Spade

“Far from checking the spread of immorality, repression has always extended and deepended it. Thus it is futile to oppose it by rigorous legislation…

— Daniel Guérin

If we can't get where we need to go to protect people through our regulatory channels, through our legislative process, then unfortunately what we…

— Robert Bilott

Discriminatory legislation emboldens those who seek to make us afraid while giving those communities it hurts a concrete reason to fear. We must stay…

— Stacey Abrams

Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as a protector…

— Dean Spade

Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.

— Smriti Irani

You in the media ought to be ashamed of yourselves to call the provisions and the guarantees of the Bill of Rights 'Technicalities'. They're…

— William J. Brennan

“laws for the sake of controlling people rather than protecting them.”

— Chris Dietzel

It is not good enough to do what the law says. We need to be in the forefront of these [social responsibility] issues.

— Anders Dahlvig

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

There's a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions - like this anti-gay law you alluded to - and…

— Wole Soyinka