Rights Quotes - Page 11

• Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Successful, Good Friend, Drs

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• A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  People, Stories, Ignored

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2016). “My Own Words”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

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• In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.

  James Madison

  Law, People, Liberty

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• If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you.

  Roy Moore

  Men, Giving, Away From You

  "Defender of the Decalogue". Interview with Thomas R. Eddlem, www.thenewamerican.com. December 12, 2002.

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• We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Followers, Tradition, Should

  "Campaigners at Girl Summit call for end to female genital mutilation" By Laura Smith-Spark, www.cnn.com. July 22, 2014.

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• If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, Mean, Gay

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• It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Couple, Should Have

  "Obama: Axelrod 'mixing up' gay marriage stance" By Jeremy Diamond, Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2015.

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• If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.

  Rand Paul

  Giving Up, Giving, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Rand Paul from Mar 06, 2013

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• Human rights for everybody, there is no difference.
  Live on! And be yourself!

  Macklemore

  Being Yourself, Differences, Humans

  Song: Same Love

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• Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.

  Jose Marti

  Taken

  "Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism" by José Martí, translated by Elinor Randall, (p. 27), 1975.

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• Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people

  Penn Jillette

  Government, People, Safety

  Penn Jillette (1997). “Penn & Teller's how to Play in Traffic”, Boulevard

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• No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

  Ronald Reagan

  Crush, Government, People

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• I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!

  Marco Rubio

  Children, Belief, Share

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• We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the greatest joy when we choose to be last. That's what Jesus meant when He said the last will be first. True joy means giving up our rights and preferences and serving everyone else.

  Thom S. Rainer

  Jesus, Giving Up, Mean

  Thom S. Rainer (2013). “I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference”, p.36, B&H Publishing Group

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• I mean ... to let you know how deeply I am impressed with a sense of the importance of Amendments; that the good people may clearly see the distinction - for there is a distinction - between the federal powers vested in Congress and the sovereign authority belonging to the several States, which is the Palladium [the protection] of the private and personal rights of the citizens.

  Samuel

  Mean, People, Citizens

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• No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

  Joe Biden

  Ordinary, Care, Constitutional Rights

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• If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others?

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  World, Should, Wanted

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2011). “First Circle”, p.435, Random House

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• Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.

  Michelle Obama

  Issues, Important, Today

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• Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.

  Dalai Lama

  People, Development, World

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

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• All men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Writing, Men, Thinking

  L. Ron Hubbard (1959). “Ceremonies of the Founding Church of Scientology”

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• We cannot discuss human rights, when we are denying people the right to live.

  Ravi Zacharias

  People, Human Rights, Humans

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• For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade -- that we think of it as timeless and universal. But liberalism came into being in a real place and time, like a flame it has wavered in various eras, and it can be snuffed out.

  Russell Shorto

  Real, Thinking, Flames

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• There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

  Michelle Moran

  Lafayette, Natural, Sovereignty

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• A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will be punished, but not by emulating the violent. This seems eminently more consistent with American ideals than continuing to share the killing stage with some of the world's worst human rights violators.

  Mike Farrell

  Children, Safety, World

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• You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

  Sally Hawkins

  Thinking, Feminist, World

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