#rights

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all. ↗

— George McClellan

#constitutional #constitutional rights #far #military #necessity

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#because #color #crow #deny #gay

If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens on earth matters even more than we think, for the Christian life becomes a continuation of the unfolding work of Jesus, who will one day return to set the world to rights. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#becomes #christian #christian life #continuation #day

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#privileges #rights #value #world

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#community #different #different faiths #faith #faiths

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms. ↗

— Stjepan Mesic

#freedoms #fundamental #global #global terrorism #human

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#anything #conduct #highest #highest standards #holds

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#give #individual #money #people #remove

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall

Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back. ↗

— Aaron McGruder

#give #going #once #rights #them