Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Williams

I think that the smoker has just as much rights as the non-smoker.

Robert E. Lee

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Romeo Dallaire

Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.

William Jennings Bryan

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

Westbrook Pegler

Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It is a fraudulent term used, often by ignorant persons but no less often by intellectual fakers, to describe an infamous mixture of socialism, graft, confiscation of property and denial of personal rights to individuals whose virtuous principles make them offensive.

Roald Dahl

Two rights don't equal a left.

Valerie Jarrett

The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities are Americans first and that they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as everybody else.

Robert Reich

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator [Bernie] Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.

Robert Nozick

Our main conclusions about the state are that a minimal state, limited, to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on, is justified, but any more extensive state will violate persons' rights not to be forced to do certain things, and is unjustified; and that the minimal state is inspiring as well as right.

Lao Tzu

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength

Bo Ryan

He didn't force anything, and he gets a double-double. That's a good line for Brian. It's a good line for anybody.

Ronnie Moore

You have to force Richie to come off, but he will be okay.

Aaron Bruce

He's a force inside. You love to play with players who are that dominant.

Kim Whitney

Her reach, and well, her height, of course. She's so physical because she has this mentality and force of just wanting to win. That's important to go on to the next level.

Michael May

Holiday '99 will force a shake-out about who can and who can't stand alone.

John Knight

We told them this is gut-check time. It's who wants it more. It's going to be sheer force of will.

Steve Spurrier

We threw one up, but we should have tackled the guy somewhere. We should have been able to run that guy down, but we couldn't do it. That was just one of the big plays in the game. Nah, 28-7 is no safe lead for us. We didn't force a punt in the second half, so it wasn't safe. They should have scored another touchdown.

Ben Wallace

I thought they were the more poised team down the stretch. I thought we maybe lined up too many threes down the stretch and tried to force the outcome instead of doing what we usually do.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Boris Johnson

I'm a one-nation Tory.

Kofi Annan

the United Nations will do whatever we can to help.

Nicholas Burns

We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.

Lord Palmerston

Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.

Richard Bush

Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?