Quotes About Rights

You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true.

Could we not argue that America is about freedom, whether we live it out or not, but it really is about freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that's what church is all about.

Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process.

This is our country and our home and our families. We can decide that one person's right to bear arms does not come at the expense of a neighbor's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Many homosexual couples in Korea are already together. They are not legally accepted yet, but I believe the Korean Constitution allows it. We are guaranteed the right to the pursuit of happiness. Of course, there may be different interpretations to what that pursuit means.

What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free people and to maintain our God-given right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Why do you all push us around?

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist.

Our ideas of consent have evolved and changed because feminism has pushed the boundaries.

Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.

Once you start choking the space for dissent in a democracy, people feel pushed to the wall and then it leads to further dissent and alienation.

We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.

Since 2016 we've been campaigning to improve the rights of renters, especially those on low incomes who are being ripped off by stratospheric admin fees, which puts them at risk of homelessness.

I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called attention to it.

Burn the flag; that's a freedom. Then I have the freedom to take it away from them and tell them how dumb they are.

Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties.

We are for freedom here in Florida.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.

Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.