Quotes About Rights

In Maine, nobody is required to belong to a union or pay dues.

Whenever someone forces me to do something against my will, they're infringing upon my freedoms and my liberties. And that's what I think we're doing in Maine when we have fair share, which means that you are required to belong to a union, you're required to pay dues, but you don't want to participate.

Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.

I worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union as a starving actor in the early '80s. I was in love with what they were doing.

I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage.

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.

I certainly support civil unions.

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.

Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.

I look back at history, and some of the worst governments we've ever had, you know one of the first things they ever did? They went after the trade unions.

While religious institutions should be able to pick and choose which unions they bless, civil governments should issue marriage licenses to all couples.

Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.

Right to work doesn't eliminate unions. It makes them more responsible and accountable to their members on the front lines.

Political activity by unions is not wrong. It's their First Amendment right.

If there's ever a boot that comes down to the union way of life or some other kind of arrangement or some kind of corporate interests, I'm always going to come down on the side of the unions.

How can feminism be pro-women without being pro-motherhood? There is nothing more unique about being a woman.