Quotes About Rights

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were violated. Nobody likes to be hated, but the whole world hated Mary Beth Whitehead.

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.

It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.

Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law.

As a child soldier, your rights are constantly violated.

A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.

Vermont will continue to uphold the laws of our State and nation, but we will not be forced to take any action that we believe violates Constitutional rights, or infringes upon the rights of Vermont as a sovereign state.

Just because technological advances have made it easier for the federal government to collect information doesn't mean that our privacy rights can or should be violated on the ground or in the air.

Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.

The state should say that there is place to maintain the Jewish majority even if it violates rights.

Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.

I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society.

To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent when they are violating my fundamental rights.

The Obama Administration's obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights and religious liberties of our people.

It's the Spanish state which should say sorry for violating the right to protest and freedom of expression.

Out-of-control bureaucrats have put politics over common-sense policy with government mandates that force people to choose between earning a paycheck and violating their personal rights and beliefs.

The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution of Japanese residents in China, and the illegal violation of Japanese rights.

To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.