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rights mind church
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind - each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. Carl Sagan
rights emotion slave
The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions. Bertrand Russell
rights people trying
We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that. Muhammad Yunus
rights desire identity
Sexual and reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!They are an indivisible part of the broader human rights and development equation. Their particular power resides in the fact that they deal with the most intimate aspects of our identities as individuals and enable human dignity, which is dependent on control of our bodies, desires and aspirations. Babatunde Osotimehin
rights order liberty
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights. B. R. Ambedkar
rights groups minorities
Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority. Diane Watson
rights arena individual
Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights. Dianne Feinstein
rights play roles
I'm concerned about the role the court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century.
rights people enemy
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and enabling its enemies to prosper in their attempts to destroy it, must be confronted, a rational response for the nation is to encumber itself no more with such a president and reject his authority and the acolytes who carry out his wishes. David Shapiro
years feel-good today
It's not as bad as it was last year. It feels good today. CC Sabathia
years want aim
Aim for what u want and the year will all make a sense. Cecelia Ahern
years next know-it-all
I had a million plans. I knew what I was going to do. I had the next few years of my life all figured out. But what I didn’t know was that within a few hours all those plans would change. Ms. Know-it-all didn’t quite know it all so much then.
years band bills
Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars. Carrie P. Meek
years awards bipolar
Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year? Carrie Fisher
years people skins
At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months. Carrie Underwood
years yesterday eating-meat
I stopped eating beef at 13 and stopped eating all meat a few years ago. I would feel guilty that what was on my plate was walking around yesterday. Either I could live with that or stop eating meat. I choose the latter, and I'm happier for it.
years play people
I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.
years empathy research
Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a relationship is possibly the most potent and certainly one of the most potent factors in bringing about change and learning. Carl Rogers
freedom-of-speech important
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization. Ai Weiwei
freedom-of-speech world modern
Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
freedom-of-speech violence should
Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence. Alan Dershowitz
freedom-of-speech violence excuse
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.
freedom-of-speech liberty free-speech
Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
freedom-of-speech speech conscience
Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.
freedom-of-speech speech democratic
The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech. Aung San Suu Kyi
freedom-of-speech speech might
Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp Bob Dylan
freedom-of-speech finance individual
The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists. Ayn Rand