#rights

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

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

— Lance Morrow

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

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#agree #america #american #answer #basic

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

I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out. ↗

— David Prowse

#been #big #boost #campaign #disabled

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

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#half #iran #men #per #rights

The French revolution taught us the rights of man. ↗

— Thomas Sankara

#french revolution #man #revolution #rights #taught

The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well. ↗