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.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.
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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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I'm okay with anybody expressing their rights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gotta get myself a million, gonna turn that into a billion.
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Joy and sadness come by turns.
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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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Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we don't have a Vietnam movement.
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Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.
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A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
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You know, when I was a kid, I always thought Id grow up to be a hero.
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No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end.
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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.
