1,033 Quotes About Rights

  • Author Susan Bryant
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    I think that our statute on grandparents' rights is more tailored, more limited, and doesn't usurp parents' rights.

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  • Author Tim Berners-Lee
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    As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.

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  • Author Tony Benn
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    People say that if we work for the Single European Act, women will get their rights, the water will be purer, and training will be better. That is rubbish. It is part of the attempt to consolidate the EEC.

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  • Author Wendell Berry
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    Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.

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  • Author William Jennings Bryan
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    As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

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  • Author Ann Coulter
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    Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them.

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  • Author Calvin Coolidge
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    If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be expected. Our forefathers were alert to resist all encroachments upon their rights. If we wish to maintain our rights, we can do no less.

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  • Author Dick Cheney
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    The days of looking the other way while despotic regimes trample human rights, rob their nations' wealth, and then excuse their failings by feeding their people a steady diet of anti-Western hatred are over.

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