Adam Cohen Quotes
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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I am passionate about human rights.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
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The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.
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When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'
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Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
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The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.
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In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
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I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
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Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.
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The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
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The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights.
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Men aren't actively writing women to oppress them, men are writing what they know. I say you can be much better as a woman for women's rights if you just go up there and write your own material.
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Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.
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Don't point your finger to the heights your children should go. Start climbing and they will follow.
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A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
