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rights poverty duty
Poverty has its duties as well as its rights. Benjamin Disraeli
rights people population
We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population. Jan Egeland
rights champion protect
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights. Aung San Suu Kyi
rights support human-rights
You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general. Brendon Urie
rights gone creation
I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. Eldridge Cleaver
rights historical cost
For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even bare subsistence has to be produced-and produced at a cost of heavy toil for much of human history. The only way anyone can have a right to something that has to be produced is to force someone else to produce it for him. The more things are provided as rights, the less the recipients have to work and the more others have to carry their load. Thomas Sowell
rights feminist categories
To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. Suzanne Vega
rights remember breeding
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. Thomas Carlyle
rights evil people
Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them. Vaclav Havel
justice seen worst
This is probably the worst miscarriage of justice I've seen in 34 years of practice. Julian Mack
justice suffering doe
We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his life even if no one else does. We are vegan because justice minimally requires that we not take life for trivial purposes. Gary L. Francione
justice citizens world
The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action. bell hooks
justice people damage
So here we have it. The equivocating distinction between civilisation and savagery, between the "massacre of innocent people" or, if you like, "a clash of civilisations" and "collateral damage". The sophistry and fastidious algebra of infinite justice. Arundhati Roy
justice social-justice social
There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality. Brad Thor
justice doe three
We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth. Blaise Pascal
justice trade free-trade
Free trade is not based on utility but on justice. Edmund Burke
justice judging office
That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body. Aristotle
justice excess driven
The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity. Aristotle
united-states done pieces
When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution. Thomas Sowell
united-states capitalism iconic
The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged, Michael Lewis
united-states lucky born
I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States. Melinda Gates
united-states great-success states
In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity. Paulo Coelho
united-states east middle
There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that would make the Middle East a better place. Jeffrey Goldberg
united-states newspapers said
Perhaps the best thing which can be said about newspapers in the United States is that they are in chronic disagreement with each other. That is what is meant by a free press. Jim Bishop
united-states reform influence
The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN. Jesse Helms
united-states hunger states
There is a hunger for the United States to be present again. Hillary Clinton
united-states foolish economic
Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish. Herbert Hoover