Quotes About Rights

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.

Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind.

He respected a person's right to weakness.

In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.

Haat of jaloezie zal niet geven geen oplossing alleen tranen op de lange termijn, omdat een winnaar is een vechter voor hun rechten en kansen in het leven.

Hate or Jealousy will not Give any Solution only Tears on the Long Run, because a Winner is a Fighter for their Rights and Chances in Life.

The paradox was that Roosevelt asked loyalty of a disenfranchised group of people—people like Ernie, who'd been stripped of their rights as Americans.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11 as an excuse to render suspect what has always been an American right. An active, brave, outspoken (and heard ) citizenry is essential to a healthy democracy.

In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.

The City Surveyor had never before heard of disabled people wanting to cross the city as far as Marks & Spencer to buy their own underwear, so he failed to see the need for such an expedition – as if disabled people and their families had no right to venture that far. Injustice spurred us into action. Why should Stephen have to suffer restraints on his lifestyle other than those inflicted by an unkind Nature?

No feminist whose concern for women stems from concern for justice in general can ever legitimately allow her only interest to be the advantage of women.

We have to distinguish illiberal societies from places where freedom of speech and assembly, media pluralism, and the protection of minorities are under attack. These political rights are not just about liberalism (or the rule of law); they are constitutive of democracy as such.

Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.

I think it would be more correct to say that mass movements are powerful, and therefore have the potential to do great damage or good. The United States mobilized in a way that could be called a mass movement to fight the Second World War–and so did the Japanese. Were those mass movements good or bad? Both nations felt justified in what they did, and the rights and wrongs depend on which side you are on.

Sananvapaus on kalanvapautta: meri olla ja uida ja väistää.

Elää ja kusta pystyasennossa on vapaan valkoisen miehen perusoikeus.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

Using freedom to excuse foolishness is the highest form of ignorance. Remember, people died for those rights.

Dios, ¿no tengo necesidades y derechos?». Dios le habló a su corazón diciéndole: «Sí, tienes derechos. Tienes derecho a que todo se trate de ti. Tienes derecho a satisfacer tus necesidades. Tienes derecho a no ser heroico. Tienes todo el derecho de no convertirte en un santo».

know about me via legal means. But you cannot demand that I provide you with it. And if you press,

por sentir que já adquiriu direitos com o passar dos meses e dos anos iguais, pela simples acumulação de tempo, como se algo tão insignificante e tão neutro como a sucessão de dias supusesse um mérito para aquele que os atravessa, ou porventura o que os aguenta sem fugir nem se render.

Welcome to the world of translation—a compromised world of half-rights and half-wrongs.

It seemed to me that constant stressing of the individual rights and privileges of American citizenship had overshadowed the equally important truth that such individualism can be sustained only so long as the citizen accepts his full responsibility for the welfare of the nation that protects him in the exercise of these rights.