Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes

In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really cares for the benevolence of the whole world, it will have to turn to introspection.

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• Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • People
  • Rights
  • Unions

• But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

  

  Garrett Hardin
  • Natural
  • Rights
  • Recycling

• 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.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Artist
  • Rights
  • Manager

• 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.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Development
  • Expectations
  • Rights

• Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Rights
  • Personal
  • Property

• The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • World
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Man
  • Spirit
  • Rights

• The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.

  

  Ward Churchill
  • Up
  • Find
  • Rights

• In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

  

  Adam Ferguson
  • Rights
  • Equal
  • Equal Rights

• 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.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Think
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Up
  • Air
  • Rights

• The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Democracy
  • Meaning
  • Rights

• I'm okay with anybody expressing their rights.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Rights
  • Anybody
  • Okay

• That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

  

  Pam Grier
  • Character
  • Movement
  • Rights

• Mohd Rafi saab and I fought over royalty rights. At a meeting attended by prominent singers and musicians, he stood up and said, 'Main aaj se Lata ke saath nahin gaoonga'. I retorted, 'Rafi saab, ek minute. Aap nahin gaayenge mere saath yeh galat baat hai. Main aapke saath nahin gaoongee'. I stormed out and called all my composers there and then and informed them to rope in another singer if it was a duet with Rafi saab.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Up
  • Rights
  • Musicians

• I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Up
  • Music
  • She

• It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Turns
  • Esteem

• Gotta get myself a million, gonna turn that into a billion.

  

  Nelly
  • Reality
  • Turns
  • Millions

• I recognise that the whole issue of downloading and intellectual property rights is not an easy one, but on the whole, I'm a fan of downloading, both legal and illegal, and the open-source ethos that it harbours for the future is a good one.

  

  Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
  • Future
  • Rights
  • Intellectual

• I’d rather be a straight ‘self-proclaimed homosexual’ than a racist, ignorant, hate-filled bigot in Rise Up Australia any day. This party wants to end multiculturalism and discriminate against anyone different. What this mob intends as a grievous insult, I take as a compliment. Long live equal rights.

  

  Adam Bandt
  • Party
  • Rights
  • Equal

• A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.

  

  George Eliot
  • Man
  • Stones
  • Falling

• Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?

  

  Socrates
  • Money
  • Reputation
  • Concerned

• In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really cares for the benevolence of the whole world, it will have to turn to introspection.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Rights
  • Turns
  • Defenders