Rights Quotes

If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard?

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

Ten men shouting will control ten thousand who choose to remain silent.

Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.

All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.

A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.

Women are the nourishing power of the Universe. Whoever has deep respect for women of the world, will remain free from diseases.

Still trying to figure out the dynamics of rights and responsibilities as a woman? How about striking out the word Woman and making it Human.

Mr Reichman was brilliant and very good at what he did, but he was still a man, and men rarely knew what decisions a woman had or hadn't made.

So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif, ” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?”“Is driving a car something shameful?” I answered back.

I am strong and human with a mouth that works like a man’s and a more intelligible brain, and I demand to be heard.

Women are the most powerful and beautiful power in the world.

We come by aurora, with a heavy and sovereign tread, with the might of matriarchs to furnish our shoulders, with the apricity of light to crown our heads

Pay equality is not going to happen because we scream and yell about it, it's going to happen when we start demandin

I want to be a Renaissance Woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I just want to do everything.

she'd played mother and wives. Women in narratives were always defined by their relations.

Also the fact that he's a guy. A girl screws around like Lotto and she's like diseased. Untouchable. But a guy can stick it to a million places and everyone just thinks he's doing what boys do.

a feminist is just someone who recognizes power structures that keep people from having the fullest life they can.

Legs was always proud even before FOXFIRE, that’s the primary fact about Legs Sadovsky: pride.

Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work.

[We're] going to change the world. One day they'll write about us. You'll see.

Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.

If not us, then who?If not now, then when?

If not now, then when?

Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.

Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.

If you don't like something don't protest from a far. Work within it to change it. Otherwise, you'll just be one voice of many rather than a trusted voice of influence.

The part of you that's like God is the part that makes a choice. That says, I choose to. Or, I choose not to. That's what's sacred.

The Joseph in you must rise to the challenges of life and turn them into gold.

Just a thought for all you God-fearin', gun-lovin', Bible-thumpin' 2nd Amendment patriots. If it turns out Heaven's a gun-free zone, what's plan B???

I passionately love liberty, legality, respect for rights, but not democracy. That is what I find in the depth of my soul.

The word animal is a derivative of the Greek word anima, which also means soul.

Our generation of women is clearing the path for our daughters, granddaughters, women and girls down the line, to be safe to be the woman or girl they are.

Real men are advocates for women's rights.

I notice perfume smells on his shirts and even later hours. I suspect he's having an affair but really don't care.

At breakfast one Saturday I decided to tell Hank my desire to go back to work. He explodes, 'What can you do? You can't make enough to buy your own Kotex

I became a Libertarian as a result of researching WWII and the Holocaust. Individual liberty is sacred.

Equality... is when you don't feel the existence of word

I'm hurting because the color of my skin makes me perfect for their target practice.

Even if mankind can go on without them, a piece of our vibrantly diverse world dies along with each species.

every time this happensI see my fathermy brothermy would be sonI see myselfstop killing us

I was brought up by people who loved others. I love people. We had no animosity. We had no feeling that we hate anyone.

This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance.

Rights and duties, sounded more entertaining than duties and rights.

If you are not filled with overflowing love, compassion and goodwill for all creatures living wild in nature, You will never know true happiness.

No matter how few possessions you own or how little money you have, loving wildlife and nature will make you rich beyond measure.

The future of wildlife and the habitat that they depend on is in being destroyed. It is time to make nature and all the beauty living within it our priority.

An animal in pain is the saddest thing on Earth.

Always ask yourself: "What will happen if I say nothing?

Peace is achieved when our conscience rests in the fact that we’ve engaged in ‘right’ living, verses believing that living is a ‘right.