#right

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. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#rights #violence #men

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#playwrighting #theater #tom-stoppard #writing #respect

These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing. ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#fishing #hunting #killing #speciesism #respect

The immoral can no more earn respect Than the envious be rich. ↗

— Thiruvalluvar

#right-conduct #virtue #respect

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#faith #government #laws #religion #rights

The fact that pigs were abroad in the night seemed to bring home to me the perilous nature of my enterprise. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#p-g-wodehouse #right-ho-jeeves #home

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#majority #right-and-wrong #truth #wrong #wrong

Champions keep playing until they get it right. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#champions #get #keep #playing #right

Memories are the stars that brighten our dreams. ↗

— Sharon Repp

#dreams #inspirational #memories #stars #dreams

And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course —those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape ‘kit ‘n’ stuff, But for everybody else, it’s a win-win. Unless you’re a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing’s a disaster. ↗

— Tina Fey

#evolution #feminisim #homosexuality #politics #rape