Quotes About Freedom

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.

After I got arrested the Filipino government unshackled me. I knew first-hand how they violated my rights and I could speak about that from experience.

European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government.

People don't want to have their rights online violated. They want the freedom of the Internet.

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.

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

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.

There is no country in this world that is immune to violating human rights.

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.

I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality.

We know that we can defeat Islamist terrorism without violating our ideals; indeed, we must. These ideals, these American ideals.

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

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

President Obama's respect for the Constitution does not extend to freedom of religion - his administration has forced religious businessowners to pay for insurance plans that cover activities in violation of religious precepts.

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue.

Human rights is something that wasn't hard to be inspired to write about because there have been so many violations of those rights.

Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights.

I am not a politician in prison, I am a political prisoner who uses jail to denounce Spain's human rights violations.

Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.

It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.

For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity.

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.