Quotes about rig
rights government hands
I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people. Phil Crane
rights doors important
[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions be public? Phil Donahue
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 action individual
Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society. Lawrence Kohlberg
rights government justice
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the feelings, the affections, the municipal institutions, and the internal arrangements of the whole population. They possess, too, the immediate administration of justice in all cases, civil and criminal, which concern the property, personal rights, and peaceful pursuits of their own citizens. Joseph Story
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 civil-rights life-is
My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or we don't. It's for everyone. Pauley Perrette
rights society moments
Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights. Paul Valery
rights people political
In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception. Justin Sane
rights giving may
One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up George MacDonald
rights goal world
It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals. Elliott Abrams
rights corporations republican
The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights. Joe Baca
rights movement facts
During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement. Joe Biden
rights care ordinary
No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights
rigidity
Be aware that rigidity imprisons. Madeleine L'Engle
rights numbers welfare
Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and the like. It has no legal meaning, except when used to describe the separate, private, individual rights of a greater or less number of individuals. Lysander Spooner
rights individual distinguished
Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.'
rights half duty
…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. Louisa May Alcott
rights thank-god movement
The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy
rights views anchors
Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement to this foundation. Free collective bargaining is good for the entire Nation. In my view, it is the only alternative to State regulation of wages and prices - a path which leads far down the grim road of totalitarianism. Those who would destroy or further limit the rights of organized labor - those who would cripple collective bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized - do a disservice to the cause of democracy.
rights force nations
Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.
rights way tradition
It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.