Quotes About Rights

The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.

Extending over more than a century and including most nations of the globe, the cause of woman suffrage has been one of the great democratic forces in human history.

Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties.

Liberty is the first condition of growth. Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing, so long as he does not injure others. We talk foolishly against material civilisation. The grapes are sour.

What if you read a book you like, and want to write a screenplay based on that book? To find out if the rights to that book are available, call the publisher of the hard-bound edition. Ask for the motion picture and theatrical rights division. They will tell you if the rights are available; if they are, they will refer you to the author's agent.

You can't censor human nature.

he wrote of his opposition toward harsh punishment for rape, "on account of the temptation women would be under to make it the instrument of vengeance against an inconstant lover, and of disappointment to a rival." The man who had authored the Declaration of Independence was writing to the man who would author the Bill of Rights—to warn of the woman scorned, crying rape.

leaving Maryland as one of sixteen states that does not allow a rape victim to terminate the parental rights of her attacker.

Maryland as one of sixteen states that does not allow a rape victim to terminate the parental rights of her attacker.

Some are rich and some are poor. Some are beautiful, some aren't. Some are brilliant, some aren't. But when we get sick—then, everybody is equal. Everybody must have equal right to the best medical treatment we can provide.

I'm a pro-choice conservative. I believe in small government and the individual's right to make choices for themselves.

Wasn't the fight for women's rights based on our demand to be treated the same as everyone else? As we've seen regarding the gay, black and feminist establishment outside the academy's walls, demands for special treatment lead to the marginalization and patronization of the constituency at issue.

If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.

You know, Winifred, you begin to make me wonder if all women should have the right to vote.

bloody Married Women's Property Act.

My missing tooth was part of my body that should have been with me forever. Teeth are bones at the end of the day. And everyone has a right to their own bones.

Man and the State. Always must they be enemies, for men had been given freedom by God and the State hated God, and loathed men and everlastingly fought against the rights of men. The liberty of the individual defied the luxury and the privileges of those who deemed themselves greater and wiser than their fellows, and wished to enslave their brothers. The

A number of human adolescents have complained that Voyl has more rights than they do; obviously the digients have seen their comments.

I gotta right to sing the blues,I gotta right to feel low down,I gotta right to hang aroundDown around the river.

Use your lives wisely, my friends, and conserve these precious freedoms for future generations.