Quotes About Rights

Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.

Lippmann later called society "too big, too complex" for the average person to comprehend, since most citizens were "mentally children or barbarians. . . . Self-determination [is] only one of the many interests of a human personality." Lippmann urged that self-rule be subordinated to "order," "rights," and "prosperity.

A workable platform has five elements: information flows smoothly; property rights are protected; people can be trusted to live up to their promises; side effects on third parties are curtailed; and competition is fostered.

Education and water should be a human right.

I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.

The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education.

Who has the right to tell me that I don't deserve this choice?

Environmental justice is the movement to ensure that no community suffers disproportionate environmental burdens or goes without enjoying fair environmental benefits.

There's a worldwide linking of environmental activists, developmental experts and human rights advocates. And they're using the two frameworks, in particular environmental standards and human rights.

The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.

You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

I don't hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression!

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.