Rights Quotes
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The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.
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Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.
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Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.
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Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.
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The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give them the minimum of their rights.
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The Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.
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I am an avid supporter of PETA and all animals as well as animal rights programs.
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Let's also add, no one should disagree about respecting the rights of young men who live in those neighborhoods.
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The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.
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I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.
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Access to public facilities like bathrooms is important for transgender people. But the fight for transgender rights does not begin and end at the bathroom door.
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Freedom is the ability to exercise your will within your rights without the threat of force from anyone else.
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Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. . . .
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I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.
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The main difference lies in wage levels, which is because our workers are not yet as well trained as in other countries. We are a poor country. This is why we must accept the conditions that prevail in international markets. But our trade unions do represent the rights of workers.
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I'm convinced after spending three weeks in China and Tibet, unless the United States gets its act together, our grandchildren will be living in a world dominated by the People's Republic. China is simply inexorable in its pursuit of wealth, growth and power. It cares little about human rights, democracy, labor protections, fair trade rules or the environment. It is relentless in advancing its national interests.
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I will help the good fight continue until that long awaited moment arrives, when our rights are equal and when the political limits on love have been smashed.
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You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.
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Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized.
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The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.
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He talks about human equality, the rights of man, nothing but that. How about the rights of woman, I’d like to scream at him. It’s fine to be a great democrat when you’ve a slave to rub your boots on.
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In college, I was so blessed to have relationships with those who did the civil rights movement.
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The true source of rights is duty.
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But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people.
