Rights Quotes

The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.

In Russia all people enjoy the equal rights, including homosexuals.

The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market.

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in asserting our local community rights globally. We shall continue to do so.

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.

Well, it's the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction.

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.

The rights of the people to the exercise and fruits of their own industry can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short periods.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right.

Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.

Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.

Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

If women took up arms to defend their reproductive rights, the GOP would ban assault rifles yesterday.

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human."

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

It's extremely disturbing and unsettling that Sony has taken digital rights management to this level of deceit.

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.

Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul?

The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.

The police have no right to do what they have been doing to the protesters. Their behavior has been designed to chill the protester's constitutional rights. This judge's ruling is wonderful.

PlayStation 4 won't impose any new restrictions on used games. This is a good thing... When a gamer buys a PS4 disc, they have the rights to that copy of the game.

I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

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

Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom.

Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

... it's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting.

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.

Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise extreme indigence towards a state of comfort.

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.