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The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.
All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they love.
It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.
Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man, that state is obsolete.
I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
I want the American people to understand that conservatism... is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.
Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.
As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
The problem with Islam is that it's a law, not a religion, and it's incompatible with our values, our rights, and our freedoms.
Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.
We're seeing is young people who are optimistic, who want a future, want our constitutional rights, are coming to our campaign.
Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands.
We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.
Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.
Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.
A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.
Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of years?
It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights...
Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.
If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.
I'm a big believer in freedom and people's rights to express themselves and not have government interfere in that type of thing.
Those who cannot afford to sue currently have no protection of their property rights if they come in conflict with a regulation.
Russia can play an important role in removing the occupation, ending the aggression and achieving national (Palestinian) rights.
When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult.
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.
The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable?
I stand for all those who feel that the government no longer understands the individual and no longer respects individual rights.
Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.
The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.
If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.
And the Zionists have used the Holocaust as a weapon to deny the rights of the Palestinians and to cover-up the crimes of Israel.
Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
We wish for a broad-based government with the active participation of women, which will promote freedom and equal rights for women
Women are already born so far ahead ability-wise. The day men can give birth, that's when we can start talking about equal rights.
You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society.