#rights

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#concept #couples #disgrace #eyes #had

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing. ↗

— Jay Roach

#approval #as far as #bit #contractual #embarrassing

The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. ↗

— Erwin Griswold

#bill #bill of rights #constitution #principle #right

Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. ↗

— Eric Holder

#appear #bin #corpse #courtroom #deal

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#among #certain #created #creator #endowed

The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#fundamental principle #human #human rights #idea #islamic

We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil rights march. We could actually take you into that experience, so that you could better appreciate what happened and why it happened. ↗

— Dexter S. King

#appreciate #better #civil #civil rights #could

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#human #human rights #more #much #praised

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights. ↗

— Judith Light

#aids #cure #fight #finding #focus

To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do. ↗

— Judith Light

#celebrity #community #different #different way #gay