Quotes About Rights

It is past time for the federal government to establish an Unhoused Bill of Rights and make the desperately needed investments to guarantee housing, health care, and a robust social safety net for our unhoused neighbors.

I am proud that in the Netherlands I can come out for my homosexuality, and I'd like to keep it that way.

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

Today, it's about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a bit of an idiot.

I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adopted.

I will never forget January 22, 1973, the day seven members of our highest court ripped up the Constitution.

As a child, my father taught me to never take my freedoms for granted. He challenged me to fight for what is right.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

In New Mexico, we're very lucky that we have laws in place that really help ensure that Native Americans' right to vote is unencumbered.

I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever fought for my rights.

No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

I have no desire to go through the emancipation of women and homosexuals all over again.

Oh, I definitely feel that women are equal to men. No doubt about that.

It's time that Americans dealt seriously with guns, getting in place strong and appropriate measures - there is no excuse for anything but the strictest controls.

The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.

I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way.

When society gives censors wide and vague powers they never confine themselves to deserving targets. They are not snipers, but machine-gunners. Allow them to fire at will, and they will hit anything that moves.

Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we've messed up our relationships?

In a civilized society freedom to offend should be protected, but

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Mill argued in The Subjection of Women (1869) that the sexes should be treated equally both in law and in society more generally.