#equal rights

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

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The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

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If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life. ↗

— Hal Sparks

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The idea of equal rights was in the air. ↗

— Lucy Stone

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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. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress. ↗

— Helene Deutsch

#equal rights #freedom #gates #i #indeed

International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

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