Quotes About Rights

I feel, in our culture, the girl with any sort of power is called 'difficult' or various words that are demeaning just because she has a voice, has confidence, and stands for her rights. It is sad, but it is the truth of our country.

Without democracy, we are voiceless subjects. But with it, we are citizens armed with the power to change our destinies.

We all have a right for our voices to be heard, not stifled.

Throughout history, women have often been treated as second-class citizens and their voices silenced.

Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.

This is America. Dissenting voices will continue to voice their dissent. Because they've read the operating instructions for the United States of America, and it's their right.

Like Israel, the U.K. is a democracy, and like Israel, we would never want to muzzle political voices, whatever their opinions - and that is especially true for universities.

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

When things happen socially in our community, as artists, we've got the right to exercise our voices if we choose to, use our powers for good.

Those that have less money shouldn't have their voices squelched.

If two individuals enter into a contract to commit trespass, theft, robbery or murder upon a third, the contract is unlawful and void, simply because it is a contract to violate natural justice, or men's natural rights.

We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that?

Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs of artists, and the needs of large media corporations to make profits. Any time we chip away at the First Amendment, we should at least do it with some reverence.

We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

The right to vote is the easiest of all rights to grant.

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

It's very important to vote. People died for this right.

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.

To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote.

When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.

It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change.

If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd got the vote.