Rights Quotes
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The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.
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I don't know whether you have any rights before you're born. All I know is that being born again doesn't entitle you to twice as many.
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Corporations are not legal "persons" with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore control.
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I think worldwide, the movement has been towards accepting and respecting the individuality and the rights of gay people, lesbians and transgender people. Here, however, age-old cultural mindsets - which also comes from Victorian times, affect the thinking of people.
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Thought Of equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.
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The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.
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If my father was alive today, he would have fought for Kurdish rights.
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If you truly care about animal rights and have a passion for it, take some action. Whether it's hands-on or political, just go for it. No matter what path you choose in life or what you decide to do, you can use your voice to educate other people and help the cause.
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Democracy? I want nothing to do with a system which operates on the premise that my rights don’t exist simply because I am outnumbered.
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The World Wide Web is precisely what we were trying to PREVENT. We long ago foresaw the problems of one-way links, links that break (no guaranteed long-term publishing), no way to publish comments, no version management, no rights management.
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I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend
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We're most likely to lose our rights when we allow ourselves to be persuaded to deprive others of theirs.
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Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves.
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So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.
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For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
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There's some things I want you to be aware of. I want you to know what your rights are.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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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.
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The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.
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The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights.
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The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.
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Nobody believes that domestic violence kills and nobody believes it is detrimental to children. This world has got to wake up. To me, if there is domestic violence, if the children see it or hear it, that to me is detrimental. Batterers should not have rights to children.
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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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If all options are closed before the Palestinians to get their rights, then only God knows what the Palestinians would do.
