Quotes about Rights

Every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add… artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers—who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.

Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.

Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press.

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.

A right delayed is a right denied.

You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

We've got the right to vote, but what does it mean? People now want to have the right to a job, the right to education, the right to medical services.

I want my daughters to live in a world where there is equality and parity of pay.

Luther, the hero of Worms, the champion of the sacred rights of conscience, was, in words, the most violent, but in practice, the least intolerant, among the Reformers.

I know lots of people in Mississippi who have lost their jobs trying to register to vote.