#rights

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights. ↗

— James Bovard

#aware #because #constitution #government #happens

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights. ↗

— George William Norris

#both #could #defied #first #gone

I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. A lovely person. Very gentle. She would never stand up for her rights. ↗

— Kim Novak

#being #enough #gentle #her #human

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. ↗

— Novalis

#democracy #fact #highest #men #rights

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#call #care #dealing #education #extremely

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#endless #foreigners #get #god #infinite

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution. ↗

— Barack Obama

#civil rights #community #concern #express #host

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#assert #differences #different #fundamental #fundamental rights

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#fighting #freedom #her #his #imprisoned

In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order. ↗

— Li Peng

#china #continue #countries #developing #economic