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I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.
The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights.
There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!
Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long... If we wait too long to forgive, our rage settles in and claims squatter's rights to our souls.
Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything.
It is now true that this is God's Country, if equal rights-a fair start and an equal chance in the race of life are everywhere secured to all.
I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.
People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.
If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.
I love the idea of 'the one' but I actually believe that there isn't a Miss Right. There are 12,000 Miss Rights out there and it's all timing.
Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.
violence is an evil thing, but when the guns are all in the hands of the men without respect for human rights, then men are really in trouble.
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.
Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.
Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.
One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.
If Cuba wants normal relations, there's certain things they need to do like become a normal country that respects the rights of their citizens.
We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward.
We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage.
The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.
The real question is, when will we draft an artificial intelligence bill of rights? What will that consist of? And who will get to decide that?
Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.
Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.
I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority.
Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.
The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable
Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights.
The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.
I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you!
Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.
Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration.
'My Fair Godmother's' movie rights sold to the producer who did 'Freaky Friday,' 'Princess Diaries,' and one of my favorite movies - 'Sky High.'
The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics.
In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.
That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.
In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.
My father wasn't a militant racist. He was a human rights activist - he was about human beings, so let's just get away from going way back then.