Rights Quotes

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear.

A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era.

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment.

People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.

My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body and soul.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.

Photography has all the rights, and all the merits, necessary for us to turn towards it as the art of our time.

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

I love my country, not my government.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart.

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights.

Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.

When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

The religion of Islam actually restores one's human feelings, human rights, human incentives, human, his talent.

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.

Men should not petition for rights, but take them