#rights

Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#attempt #black #black community #civil #civil rights

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#accept #everyone #fact #gay #gay rights

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are. ↗

— Debbie Harry

#comes #community #concerned #conservative #current

Societies in which women have lots of autonomy and authority tend to be decidedly male-friendly, relaxed, tolerant, and plenty sexy. Got that, fellas? If you're unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don't blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth and status. Then watch what happens. ↗

— Cacilda Jethá

#human-sexuality #women-s-rights #equality

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#chapters #civil #civil rights #establishment #handle

Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#women-s-rights #equality

I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights. ↗

— Megawati Sukarnoputri

#educate #encourage #fight #i #our

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart. ↗

— James Hilton

#either #enough #forgive #heart #likes

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#equal #men #men and women #rights #roles

If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online. ↗

— John Doolittle

#appear #charge #control #could #countries