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Quotes About Rights

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.
~ Martin Van Buren
I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.
~ Jeff Miller
I have concluded, after consultation with my friends and earnestly seeking counsel of God, to remain at Alton, and here to insist on protection in the exercise of my rights.
~ Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
~ Orson Scott Card
Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege. And gay people deserve more, collectively, than the crumbs of justice.
~ Andrew Solomon
One hundred and fifty years after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, equality for many Americans remains elusive.
~ Mike Quigley
The Hindi remake rights for 'Visaranai' have been bought by director Priyadarshan.
~ Vetrimaaran
We are pleased to have acquired remake rights of 'Comali' for all languages in the world.
~ Boney Kapoor
The Bill of Rights is a remarkable document because it weaves into the fabric of our democracy the idea that government has a responsibility to protect individual liberty.
~ Ted Lieu
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.
~ Neil Kinnock
I hope to be remembered for mentoring the future generation of stuntmen and fighting for the rights and respect that stuntmen and stuntwomen deserve for their contribution to the world of moviemaking.
~ Hal Needham
When people were subjected to the impeachment and removal process, Aaron Burr was right there, looking out for their rights, even though it wasn't in his political interest to do so.
~ Mike Lee
I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.
~ Colm Toibin
All New Yorkers have the right to decent housing, regardless of income and rent.
~ Letitia James
He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.
~ Dixie Lee Ray
We don't want to repeal the Second Amendment.
~ David Hogg
I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.
~ Ron Davies
The right to keep and bear arms is a right that Kansans hold dear. The people of Kansas have repeatedly and overwhelmingly reaffirmed their commitment to protecting this fundamental right.
~ Sam Brownback
Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.
~ Katha Pollitt
That's the best part of being in private practice, by the way: being able to say whatever I want. In the government I couldn't talk to reporters and couldn't speak to the public, and now I just feel free. I have a First Amendment right again, and I exercise it daily.
~ Lisa Blatt
When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain that information without fear of personal ruin or incarceration.
~ Rod Lurie
Trump did not reverse a policy that allows the mentally ill to purchase firearms as reporters, media pundits and anti-Second Amendment activists have recklessly claimed. Instead, he's given millions of individuals their constitutional rights back.
~ Katie Pavlich
Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation.
~ Sadiq Khan