Quotes about rig
rights followers tradition
We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions Malala Yousafzai
rights suffering different
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world. Mahmoud Abbas
rights two people
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. Major Owens
rights granted
All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
rights achievement east
Why is it that any technological and scientific achievement reached in the Middle East regions is translated into and portrayed as a threat to the Zionist regime? Is not scientific R&D one of the basic rights of nations.
rights people essentials
Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
rights flow duty
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. Mahatma Gandhi
rights lgbt-community support
This president [Obama] has done more for the LGBT community than any president in history. It's just an objective fact. And his legacy is secure in terms of the advancement of the rights of the LGBT community, from Don't Ask, Don't Tell to his support for overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, and of course marriage equality, work on HIV and AIDS, and other things. Gavin Newsom
rights judging legacy
Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding jurists, most notably the late William J. Brennan, who ushered in our nation's recommitment to civil rights in the latter half of the 20th century. Frank Lautenberg
righteous sinner
God is righteous in making the sinner righteous. Joseph Prince
rights seeming
Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights. Ouida
rights stories happens
....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. Kathryn Stockett
rights years justice
He was a lifelong Republican, but over the years, Harry Blackmun built a reputation as a liberal, sometimes defiant Justice, whose fierce protection of individual rights led some to anoint him the moral conscience of the court. Judy Woodruff
rights competition needs
Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines. Paul Kagame
rights giving people
Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights. Francois Hollande
rights white racism
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution. Maggie Gallagher
rights hands your-side
Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and so it gets put in the hands of us poor suckers on duty. You get my drift? Haruki Murakami
rights data numbers
My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers. Hans Rosling
rights law practice
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
rights long people
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights. Gilbert K. Chesterton
rights organization justice
The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees. John Bruton
rights community movement
The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics. Luis Gutierrez
rights support use
Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. John Charles Polanyi
right-words rarity
The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity. John Boyle O'Reilly
righteousness eternal
The eternal not ourselves that makes for righteousness. Matthew Arnold
rights long society
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. Mark Skousen
rights links way
Obama's failure to close Guantanamo is yet another instance where the rhetoric of democratic and constitutional rights proved not useful for his international relations, relations which are always pursued in ways that continue to link and fortify securitarian power with the opening of new markets. Judith Butler
rights government safety
The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good. Gerald R. Ford
rights government creating
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom. Jim DeMint
rights healthcare housing
What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights. Glenn Beck
rights common-sense freedom-of-speech
You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.
rights liberty authority
Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom. And if there are rights, there is an authority to which we appeal for them.
rights giving house
I would give a woman not more rights, but more privileges. Instead of sending her to seek such freedom as notoriously prevails in banks and factories, I would design specially a house in which she can be free.