Quotes About Rights

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

Progressive leaders always try to take action on the forward edge of that movement, movement toward greater respect for the equal rights of all.

Holden Caulfield would definitely be an interesting role, but I think there was some problem with the rights. As far as projects, I definitely would like to get into something like that.

I haven't thought about writing so much as potentially producing and finding my own projects to get into production. I want to be able to buy the rights to a story that I have read or a book that I have read.

It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the Civil Rights Act and help make its promise a reality.

I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.

The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?

I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

There is no such thing as a 'right to buy.' Proper conservatives don't believe in invented, taxpayer-subsidised rights, a creation of liberals. They believe in freedom. And the break-up of council estates was one of the most unconservative things that ever happened, making life harder for young families and destroying settled communities.

To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious.

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.

When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other.

Artists have to be represented properly and paid properly.

I wouldn't say I'm against same-sex marriage. I believe in freedom and equality for all people. I believe that when it comes to gay marriage, that's a political and legal issue that has to be dealt with in that arena. I have privately held beliefs, but when it comes to that, it's properly placed in the political and legal arena.

Without properly functioning civil courts, there is no guarantee that innovative entrepreneurs can claim the rewards of their ideas.

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.

Access to justice is a fundamental part of a properly functioning democracy.

If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.

Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development.

I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.