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Quotes About Rights

If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.
~ Angela Merkel
Charities who support animal rights are actually asking people to show their obligation by doing fundraising or similar.
~ Princess Michael of Kent
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
~ Gary L. Francione
I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.
~ Marion Marechal-Le Pen
You know, people should be able to vote free of any harassment, intimidation, obstacles, et cetera.
~ Alex Padilla
We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.
~ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
In reality it's pretty obvious that all the citizens of Israel have total civil equality.
~ Ayelet Shaked
Especially for NRA members, it was obvious from the get-go that Obama believes he is above any constitutional restraints.
~ Wayne LaPierre
The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation.
~ Paul Polman
There's nothing more mainstream than equal pay for equal work. I mean, it's completely obvious that's what feminism should be for, and for women's right to choose what happens to their own bodies.
~ Joanna Coles
Obviously, no LGBT person should be denied the ability to be who they are because their boss disagrees.
~ Gloria Steinem
I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.
~ Lorraine Toussaint
Liberty is not a license for chaos.
~ Norton Juster
La historia del amor es inseparable de la historia de la libertad de la mujer.
~ Octavio Paz
We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction
~ Orhan Pamuk
Whereas in Western countries the constitution merely had to guarantee the rights of a per-existing civil society and culture, in Russia it also had to create these. It had to educate society - and the state itself - into the values and ideas of liberal constitutionalism.
~ Orlando Figes
If you can own property, how are you a slave?" asked Rigg. "Because your owner can move you to one place or another, can break up your marriage, can sell your children to some other owner, can decide how much education you'll receive, and what work you'll do, and what hours you'll keep.
~ Orson Scott Card
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
~ Oscar Wilde
Explain! Perhaps you'd like to explain it to me, too. I'm not used to having my civil liberties taken away like this. In America, nobody would dream of telling you where you can or can't go." And over thirty million Americans died during the Pandemic as a result of that sort of thinking, he thought.
~ Connie Willis
I'm not used to having my civil liberties taken away like this. In America, nobody would dream of telling you where you can or can't go." And over thirty million Americans died during the Pandemic as a result of that sort of thinking, he thought. "I
~ Connie Willis
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
~ Coretta Scott King
You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchednes.
~ Cormac McCarthy
You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchedness.
~ Cormac McCarthy
The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining, he said. He was awesomely serene, convinced of his rightness. The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists?
~ Cory Doctorow