Quotes About Rights

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves.

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association.

The College Athlete Right to Organize Act is the first step in bringing college sports into the 21st century by ensuring college athletes have the right to collectively bargain across teams and conferences, and that they are able to advocate for rights, protections, and compensation commensurate with the value they undeniably provide.

I am a huge believer in organized labor. Period. Full stop.

There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.

Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could do what they knew was right. That organizing allowed Americans to get to know gays and lesbians as our daughters and sons, our neighbors, and our friends.

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

No American should have to live in constant fear that their employer can fire them just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation.

The federal government has no business in restricting basic human rights based on sexual orientation, and I am ready to protect equality at every turn in Congress.

When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion.

The Second Amendment is just as important as all the other Amendments.

Living in America means enjoying freedoms that people in many other countries cannot.

Clearly what differentiates the U.S. from other countries is the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution defines us as a people. Without the Constitution, we would be a different country. Therefore, to lose the Constitution is to lose the country.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.

I believe in family values, and I believe that we all ought to be able to have a family and marry if you want to. I don't think the government should be in that business of denying people the fundamental right to marry.

Private businesses ought to get to discriminate.

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

I think we ought to leave the law exactly the way it is, the 14th amendment.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.