Rights Quotes

As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.

I enjoy my rights, but I revel in my privileges.

What makes America great is peaceful protests and exercising your constitutional rights.

I used to believe in a "Ms. Right", but now i know there is like 4 million "Ms. Rights" and it is just a matter of which one you meet first.

When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later.

I will never surrender the rights of the individual - the complete rights of the individual - to any "ism" whatever.

The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.

Blacks have no rights - in fact they were three - fifths human according to the constitution to give slave owners more voting rights. So that's African Americans.

My mandate...is to promote the protection, rights and welfare of children.

But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise to an unqualified one in the conclusion. Most rights are qualified.

More than ever I'm proud to be an American, to live in a country that respects the rights of all to marry whomever they love. The Supreme Court decision gives new meaning to the freedoms we cherish.

Two rights don't equal a left.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.

We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it's tough, but the second time, it's always easier. You just have to push for your rights.

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness.

It's a funny place, this world. Hate has rights. Love has none.

Whenever equality rights and religious rights collide, equality rights trump.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.

What people in Burma need is a democratic federal Burma that guarantees autonomy, rights and protection for all, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or race.

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.

You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defense?

History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.

Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man?

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons.

...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.

The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against the expectation of female silence.

What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.

Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness.

Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females!

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

We are currently facing countless hurdles and obstacles, BUT will never lose the sight of infinite hope.

To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.

Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND DEMONSTRATE TO EVERYONE... THAT THEIR FEAR IS GENUINE

Compassion is a reflection of our connectedness. Your voice is need and much appreciated!

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?