#rights

We, gays, can get married in Canada. We let heterosexuals too, but that was a huge thing, we had to have a referendum and a vote, it’s crazy! But then we were like, if they want to get married.. that’s cool. That’s gonna destroy their relationships, but.. Heterosexuals deserve the same rights as homosexuals. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#equality #gay-marriage #gay-rights #lgbt #sara-quin

China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#china #continue #democracy #efforts #human

Is it possible that future generations will regard our present agribuisness and eating practices in much the same way we now view Nero's entertainments or Mengele's experiments? My own initial reaction is that such a comparison is hysterical, extreme - and yet the reason it seems extreme to me appears to be that I believe animals are less morally important than human behings; and when it comes to defending such a belief, even to myself, I have to acknowledge that (a) I have an obvious selfish interest in this belief, since I like to eat certain kinds of animals and want to be able to keep doing it, and (b) I haven't succeeded in working out any sort of personal ethical system in which the belief is truly defensible instead of just selfishly convenient. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#animal-rights #ethics #morals #experience

Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights. ↗

— George B. McClellan

#all-powerful #best #conscious #establish #fervently

A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#animal rights #discussion #end #living #living room

Thinking globally does not mean thinking socially. ↗

— Ilkin Santak

#communism #equal-rights #global-thinking #human-rights #liberalism

The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#anybody #constitutionally #department #homeland #homeland security

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

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. ↗

— Alice Paul

#complicated #direction #doubted #equal #equal rights

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom. ↗

— Mary Robinson

#free #freedom #man #may #potential