Quotes about rights
rights liberty internet
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. William Blackstone
rights court equity
We are now Courts of equity, and must decide the thing according to all the rights. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
rights ideas white
In many instances the conduct of colored workmen, and those who have spoken for them, has not been in asking or demanding that equal rights be accorded to them as to white workmen, but somehow conveying the idea that they are to be petted and coddled and given special consideration and special privilege. Of course that can't be done. Samuel Gompers
rights organization people
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
rights talking libertarian
I hear Republicans and Libertarians and so forth talking about property rights, but they stop talking about property rights as soon as the subject of American Indians comes up, because they know fully well, perhaps not in a fully articulated, conscious form, but they know fully well that the basis for the very system of endeavor and enterprise and profitability to which they are committed and devoted accrues on the basis of theft of the resources of someone else. They are in possession of stolen property. They know it. They all know it. It's a dishonest endeavor from day one. Ward Churchill
rights united-nations humans
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself. Kofi Annan
rights society development
The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in which all individuals are enabled to maximize their potential, and to contribute to the evolution of society as a whole.
rights development enjoy
We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.
rights humanity age
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.
rights people weapons
This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms. Ralph Klein
rights government people
Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights. Laura Bush
rights abuse violence
Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.
rights care injustice
If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere. Lara Logan
rights deny critical
A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others. L. Ron Hubbard
rights justice enjoy
Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy? Ralph Waldo Emerson
rights clinton amendments
Hillary Clinton is apparently very happy about [Barack] Obama clamping down on your 2nd Amendment rights. Sean Hannity
rights israel equal-pay
SodaStream is a company that is not only committed to the environment, but to building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine, supporting neighbors working alongside each other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits and equal rights. That is what is happening in their Ma'ale Adumim factory every working day. Scarlett Johansson
rights bombs human-rights
North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis. Shirin Ebadi
rights iran numbers
The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the Ministry of Intelligence and their people. This is why we witness a number of journalists and human rights activists, my colleagues, and a number of feminists, in prison.
rights president vote
When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a president who doesn't respect human rights, don't vote for that person.
rights doe terrorism
When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.
rights civilization people
I know of no civilization that tolerates or justifies violence, terrorism, or injustice. There is no civilization that justifies the killing of innocent people. Those who are invoking cultural relativism are really using that as an excuse for violating human rights and to put a cultural mask on the face of what they're doing.
rights political trials
Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.
rights government names
My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.
rights law islam
Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants.
rights empowerment needs
With what sovereignty we have retained, we choose to decide for ourselves our needs in accordance with our values, exerting our rights of empowerment under those articles of the treaties. Leonard Peltier
rights government law
The Declaration of Independence...is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution's refusal to 'deny or disparage' other rights is far removed from affirming any one of them, and even farther removed from authorizing judges to identify what they might be, and to enforce the judges' list against laws duly enacted by the people. Laura Schlessinger
rights want firsts
I want to regain my First Amendment rights.
rights law people
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights. Marcus Garvey
rights government people
In Cuba, His Holiness [Pope Francis] won't find a government that protects its people and their God-given rights. Instead, he will find a regime that oppresses people and hinders progress, both socially and politically. Marco Rubio
rights government america
But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.
rights cuba citizens
My hope is that the Pope Francis visit to Cuba will remind all the Cuban citizens that they possess dignity and fundamental rights that come from God and that the Castro regime has no claim on changing what is 100% God-given.
rights government principles
There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our rights come from God, not from our government.