#rights

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans. ↗

— Max Baucus

#hard-won #healthy #judge #judge roberts #me

Iran has a dismal record on human rights. ↗

— Howard Berman

#human #human rights #iran #record #rights

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#anything #does #duties #longer #modern

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#harder #his #interests #man #rights

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#aiming #been #commodity #democracy #focus

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#human #human rights #interests #national #national interests

Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#food #fought #government #medicare #organized

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. ↗

— Harry Browne

#any #become #better #bill #bill of rights

But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#china #human #human rights #just #like

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#better #better place #change #could #everybody