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- Nov 07, 2020
Rights Quotes
On dignity, ownership, and rights still being won.
These rights quotes cover real ground — a genuinely good year for transgender rights, contested ownership of a trademark, and quiet discomfort with titles like 'human rights defender' even when earned. The collection sits alongside Human quotes on shared dignity and protection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Individuals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
- Nov 07, 2020
As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fights for media justice and racial justice have been intertwined since the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Should the U.S. grant preferential treatment on trade to an egregious human rights violator that allows human traffickers to operate unencumbered within its borders? The obvious answer would seem to be 'No.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is extremely important in this democracy - so important that it occupies a prime position in the Bill of Rights.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Civil rights is unfinished business. Make it your business.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Republicans want an autocracy where the rights of minorities and others are not protected.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020