Quotes About Rights

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

If you believe that men and women have equal rights, if someone asks if you're feminist, you have to say yes because that is how words work.

What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is not the way that we lift people out of poverty in Africa.

It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.

We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.

In liberal societies we don't typically require citizens to rearrange their activities, their lives, the way they go about their business, to make it easy for the police to do their work.

The fight against unfair scheduling is like the fight for a regulated work day - it's people fighting for reasonable conditions at work and to have a life, so you can have some leisure.

The US Constitution only guarantees your rights as a citizen, it doesn't guarantee happiness. It may take work, but if you have your rights, happiness is very possible.

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.

An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

I think we are in fact, losing free speech. We don't seem to care though. Many of us don't seem to notice. We will have to do a lot of work to bring back the American way to America.

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.

Let's say loudly and clearly, Right to Work is wrong for workers and wrong for America.

I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

I sure do want to make sure women get equal pay for the work we do.

I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights, to press for marriage equality across Ireland, to speak up for LGBT rights around the world where they are under attack, and to push for the implementation of the sexual health strategy here at home at a time when it is more important than ever.

We believe being in long-term, deeper relationships with artists is a great strategy, we will be 100% pursuing it. There has never been a debate with Michael Cohl as to whether we should be in the Madonna business or be in long-term relationships, or be in more rights with artists.

When I defend our right to hunt and fish on public lands, rivers and streams. Or work for better schools. And more good paying jobs that can support a family. Those aren't political issues to me. They're personal.

You must stand for free speech in the streets.