George W. Romney Quotes
The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
-
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
-
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
-
As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
-
Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
-
We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.
-
Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
-
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
-
I'm a human being, and I get sick.
-
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
-
A human being is a deciding being.
-
I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
-
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
-
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
-
In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
-
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.
-
The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.
-
My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
-
Principles-and I have in mind such principles as states' rights or national sovereignty or the free market or pacifism-have a way of drying up while the sap of life goes flowing in another direction.
-
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
-
The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
-
I think there's a big price to pay for consciousness, knowing that it's all going to end and we're mortal. I envy dogs. They don't know they're getting old! And they don't know it's towards the end. I mean, they never think, 'I used to get by on 16 hours of sleep a day. Now, if I don't get 19, I'm a wreck.'
-
The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.
