Rights Quotes
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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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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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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Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.
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Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.
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If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.
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Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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My extreme characters are in a state of rebellion or who are being ostracized or being misunderstood, or misfits or trying to fit in and fighting for their rights to love, live, and co-exist. They sort of mirror my own demons.
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Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
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I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and democracy and respect for individual rights.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.
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The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.
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We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. [I'm discriminated against] because I'm old. I'm too old to get a job as a game show host. They say, well, the guy's 71 and in five years he'll be 76. And I'm a one per center, and I'm absolutely discriminated against as a one per center.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
