#rights

Bush looked straight into the camera and said 'We must preserve the sanctity of marriage!' You know, straight people are doing such a fucking great job. ↗

— Greg Proops

#defense-of-marriage #lgbt-rights #marriage

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. ↗

— Bob Marley

#get #give #rights #stand #stand up

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#inspirational #politics #inspirational

Peace of mind comes when we exercise our right to be honest, especially with ourselves. ↗

— Jack R. Rose

#rights #inspirational

If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creation—mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, that’s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was. ↗

— Mary Griffith

#gay-rights #independent-thought #inspirational #religion #inspirational

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies? ↗

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

#rights #women #inspirational

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #francione #inspirational-quotes

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#any #away #been #books #cent

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it. ↗

— Sojourner Truth

#any #got #just #more #rights

No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#china #civil #civil rights #depression #directions