Quotes About Rights

Let's be clear about one thing everyone should know: Affirmative action is constitutional.

In America, we must always place constitutional values over authoritarian control.

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.

People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles.

I'm an American. I have constitutional rights.

Requiring forced arbitration agreements limits consumer rights and protections.

People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.

Can anyone seriously contend that whether a 14-year-old boy, who thinks he is a girl, gets to use the girls' bathroom is a civil rights issue comparable to whether African-Americans get the right to vote?

Who gets to decide the robotic bill of rights? It's going to be controversial.

For private use, filesharing and copying should be legal.

Copyright law is too confusing.

The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy.

To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

I don't believe corporations are people.

Nothing costs more than the loss of freedom.

You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.

We've got to pass legislation which will allow people to have access to competent counsel no matter who they are.

If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

I think citizenship should count for something... and it really counts for nothing.

The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. That's the reality. He will be killed by us, or he will be killed by his own people so he's not captured by us. We know that.

We believe every child is created equal with the right to life.

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.

We need to fight for women's rights, but I don't want to separate women from men. We're separated already because we're not made the same, and it's the difference that creates this energy in creation and love.

As a director and a creative person, I can say banning anything is wrong.