#rights

It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artist #artists #arts-and-humanities #gadfly #rebel

Maybe I'm less sensitive to these issues because I see that what people need first is economic security, and only when they have that can they afford to focus on human rights. ↗

— Peter Munk

#because #economic #economic security #first #focus

Before, the woods had always done so much for me. Once I could actually go out into the woods and communicate with God, or Nature or something. Now that something didn’t come through. It was just not there anymore. More than ever I began to wonder whether God actually existed. Maybe God changed as the individual changed, or perhaps grew as one grew. ↗

— Anne Moody

#civil-rights #coming-of-age-in-mississippi #faith #god #nature

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#belonging #demanded #few #freedom #i

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people. ↗

— Olof Palme

#group #people #reserved #rights #select

It is an artist's duty to reflect the times. ↗

— Nina Simone

#music #nina-simone #music

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#america #basis #being #citizens #class citizens

I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to. ↗

— Shakira

#believed #claim #enough #i #i always

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#certain #competent #insist #label #protected

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#american experience #basic #basic human rights #citizens #experience