#rights

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

#american people #any #believe #cannot #constitution

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

#controversial #effective #gay #gay rights #i

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#call #care #dealing #education #extremely

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#endless #foreigners #get #god #infinite

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution. ↗

— Barack Obama

#civil rights #community #concern #express #host

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#assert #differences #different #fundamental #fundamental rights

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#fighting #freedom #her #his #imprisoned

In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order. ↗

— Li Peng

#china #continue #countries #developing #economic

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. ↗

— Richard Perle

#forfeits #government #national #national sovereignty #obligation

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of. ↗

— William Perry

#between #bragging #carolina #huge #i