Quotes About Rights

Any proposal that would usurp or water down the rights of the nominating committee would not be able to receive political support.

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.

Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments - including the one I ran as Governor of Mississippi - to deny the equal rights to an entire segment of our population that are afforded all of us under the Constitution.

Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.

I read recently that someone set up a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots in America. The idea being that if something robotic can have responsibilities then it should also have rights.

The moment somebody is making money off the recipes, that's when you'll see digital rights management around it.

I recognise that the whole issue of downloading and intellectual property rights is not an easy one, but on the whole, I'm a fan of downloading, both legal and illegal, and the open-source ethos that it harbours for the future is a good one.

In a country like ours where the poor barely have the right to live, a legally recognised right to die would push them to the very margins of healthcare services.

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

Canada has, entrenched in our Constitution, a world-leading recognition of Indigenous rights.

Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color.

There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.

One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.

The federal government needs to make it clear that recognition of Indigenous rights means that when Indigenous bands and their leadership approve projects, we listen.

I do not recognize the right of the public to break in the front door of a man's private life in order to satisfy the gaze of the curious... I do not think it right to dissect living men even for the advancement of science. So far as I am concerned, I prefer a post mortem examination to vivisection without anaesthetics.

A feeling for equal rights for other human beings cannot exist in adults if a feeling for authority is not implanted in them during childhood. Otherwise, adults will never become mature enough to recognize the rights of others.

The U.S. government does not recognize the existence of political prisoners in our country. The identity of political prisoners is concealed and, consequently, their right to justice is denied.

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.

There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our rights come from God, not from our government.

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

Committed and loving gay and lesbian couples deserve to have their love, their relationships, and their families recognized like everyone else.