#rights

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#freedom

Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a public safety hazard, don't see the danger in the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like. ↗

— Alan M. Dershowitz

#freedom #gun-rights #guns #justice #politics

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#truth #freedom

Das war ein Vorspiel nur; dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." (Almansor) ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#books #bücherverbrennung #freedom-of-thought #human-rights #meinungsfreiheit

Every election is determined by the people who show up. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

think think think until you blink ↗

— ganeshsaidheeraj

#love #men-rights #poems #science #women

When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights. ↗

— William Wells Brown

#being #boy #brought #change #committed

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. ↗

— Smedley Butler

#bill #bill of rights #defense #fight #homes

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

#most #organized #people #respected #rights

If the IAAF feel that is the right way to go for TV rights and everything, the rule will stay. As much as I want to be on the podium, tonight is a sad night for athletics. ↗

— Kim Collins

#everything #feel #go #i #much