Rights Quotes
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.
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Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.
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Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!
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What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.
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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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Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and the reason apartheid no longer exists there. The world will never forget his capacity for forgiveness and magnanimity. RIP
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The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
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States Rights died at Appomattox.
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The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.
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It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what words meant and meant their prohibitions to be "absolutes."
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The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.
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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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I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
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I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.
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It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
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I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it.
