I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then thos...
One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard...
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and...
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in...
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
There was an email forwarded to me from a first-grade teacher, and she said she was teaching them civil rights for MLK weekend, and a little first-grader stood up, and he said, 'I can explain segregat...
The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.
I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights.
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
Women are human beings and have a right to control their own bodies. When that is denied, they are not free.
National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.
The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citiz...
There have been some positive things that have happened for the tribes, but it's a constant, vigilant fight about protecting what resources we have in terms of land and rights.
Respect, reverence, self-esteemAre my basic requisites I refuse to be a competitorWho struggles for personal rights