#rights

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

#broader #equal #government #hands #includes

When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#also #care #countries #demonstrate #education

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society. ↗

— David Korten

#fabric #proud #rights #say #social

We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#away #citizens #class citizens #constitution #decent

Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#democracy #ettiquette #freedom #freedom-of-speech #funny

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#danger #doing #door #increasing #keyhole

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#both #character #civil #concerning #considerably

The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#agencies #appeal #broadening #civil #compensation

And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. ↗

— Julian Castro

#civil rights #could #fought #hard #hold

When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#door #family #join #knocking #more