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Rights Quotes

Rarely in my 45 years as a civil rights lawyer have I been so angry about an injustice as I am about what happened to Billy Ray Johnson.

Angry I Am Lawyer Injustice Rights

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

Respect Religion Religions Rights

It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.

Harry A. Blackmun

Heart Choices Upset Rights Whose

Republicans constantly claim to be the party that defends the Constitution. We have no legitimate right to that claim until we get right on gay rights.

Constitution Gay Party Right Rights

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.

Moment People Whatever Rights Tell

We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.

Time Trust Reason Rights False Used

It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.

Children Woman Limits Without Rights

'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the book and bought the rights to it.

Love Book Rights Fantastic Novel

Secularism will not work in Egypt any more than theocracy. What will work is governance that is guided by the Islamic values of the majority with protection of the minority rights.

Work Values Egypt Will More Rights

I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way.

Children Support Way Rights Anything

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

Faith Stand Up Stand Policy Rights

Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same.

Animal Human Same Rights Being

My father, his values were anchored in the time, but they were also timeless, whether it's bilingualism, multiculturalism or the charter of rights and freedoms.

Father Time Values Rights Timeless

Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council.

Year Human Over Rights Human Rights

Obama seems to inspire a bizarre personal loyalty among his advocates, particularly among young people who should by all rights be concerned with their fading futures and collapsing prospects.

Loyalty People Inspire Young Rights

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

Respect Great Minority Rights May

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

Millard Fillmore

Nature Independent Equal Rights Like

For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.

Belinda Carlisle

Simple Me Same Rights Everybody

Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.

People Democracy Protect Rights Must

When I was very young, I sold the rights to my work... through 2000.

Work Young Through Rights Very Sold

The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.

Find Human Rights Up Little

Gay rights are human rights.

Hillary Clinton

Gay Human Rights Human Rights

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.

Government Without Rights May Grant

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

School Choice Civil Rights Rights

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