#rights

As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state was declared, I felt that it should have the rights of other states - no more, no less. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#called #declared #felt #i #jewish

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#american #american citizen #any #citizen #entitled

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband. ↗

— John Conyers

#civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #consistent #dedicated

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#basic #basic rights #denial #development #economic

With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#best #changed #dice #enough #expect

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen. ↗

— Sergei Udaltsov

#defend #destroy #full #happen #later

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#ceased #civil #civil rights #death #enough

Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education. ↗

— John Bruton

#areas #country #course #education #ensure

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. ↗

— Jules Shear

#equal rights #give #i #kind #rights

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

#days #democracy #effectively #enough #face