#rights

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #due #expire #extend #federal

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american society #brave #civil #civil rights

But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such. ↗

— Roy Moore

#gives #god #government #history #indeed

If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you. ↗

— Roy Moore

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Rights come from God, not from government. ↗

— Roy Moore

#god #government #rights

The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#dignity #ensure #equal #equal rights #every

I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. A lovely person. Very gentle. She would never stand up for her rights. ↗

— Kim Novak

#being #enough #gentle #her #human

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. ↗

— Novalis

#democracy #fact #highest #men #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