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“Evan Wolfson is a dear friend of mine. Almost more than any other, Evan is responsible for bringing the issue of marriage equality to the forefront of our struggle for civil rights. He is a courageous pioneer who has been relentless in this battle for marriage equality.”

Has Beens Struggle Issues Rights Mines Battle Responsible Dear Civil Rights Courageous Relentless Pioneers Dear Friend Marriage Equality

Author:David Mixner

“The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women's Libbers.”

Should Hate Gone Forever Rights Battle I Hate Tone Womens Rights

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“This is a turf battle. They are saying, 'The songwriters aren't getting paid.' Baloney. Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights and (mechanical) rights. They aren't getting paid for the public performance in a download because there is no public performance in a download.”

Rights Battle Performances Paid Songwriters Downloads Sync Turf Baloney

Author:Jonathan Potter

“I hope we don't have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion. The parity of women's health. It's very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.”

Thinking Fighting Winning Rights Birth Battle Abortion Keep Going Territory Again And Again Depressing Birth Control Parity Women's Health Very Depressing

Author:Erica Jong

“Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.”

Political Winning Given Rights Battle Discrimination Oppression Minorities

Author:Gloria Allred

“I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy.... Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.”

“We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with are still issues today across the globe: equal pay, parental rights, sexual abuse, etc.”

Stills Today Pay Issues Rights Battle Equal Abuse Etc Globes Ongoing Parental Equal Pay Suffragettes Parental Rights

Author:Sarah Gavron

“Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that will pretend that there is no fight or no battle, that it's a cliché, that feminists are reactionary, all these things.”

Men Eye Fighting Rights Battle Feminist Reactionaries

Author:Xavier Dolan

“The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.”

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Author:Jack Kemp

“Great quotation collections glean the millennia, distill essences, and battle for bragging rights about who’s bigger, who’s smarter, who’s best. Who-knows-who-said-what has a market, a history, and a hall of fame.”

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Author:Willis Regier

“The Bible has lost every major battle it has ever fought. The Bible was quoted to defend slavery and the bible lost. The Bible was quoted to keep women silent, and the Bible lost. And the Bible is being quoted to deny homosexuals their equal rights, and the Bible will lose.”

Lost Loses Rights Battle Equal Majors Slavery Silent Deny Homosexual Equal Rights

Author:John Shelby Spong

“When I looked at [Fannie Lou] Hamer and that speech it seemed to me that she had to be the bravest woman ever, to come before that body and to assert her rights, when she knew that she was going lose that battle. But she did it anyway, because she knew she was speaking not just for herself and for that day, but for me, and for all the other young women who were coming behind her. She didn't know our names, but she was working for us. I find that incredibly empowering.”

Knows Body Young Names Loses Behinds Rights Battle Speech Empowering Young Women

Author:Leah D. Daughtry

“Look at the Israel-Palestine conflict, for example. If you look at a map from 1947 to now, you'll see that Israel has gobbled up almost all of Palestinian land with its illegal settlements. To talk about justice in that battle, you have to talk about those settlements. But, if you just talk about human rights, then you can say, "Oh, Hamas violates human rights," "Israel violates human rights." Ergo, both are bad.”

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Author:Arundhati Roy

“The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.”

Should Long Political Politics Individual Rights Battle Standing Countenance Individual Rights Standing Alone

Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.”

Has Beens Women Rights Battle Equality Womens Rights Empowering Women Sisterhood Equality Of People

Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.”

Able Young Fighting Literature Rights Battle Come Up Womens Rights Young Women

Book:Mr. Scarborough's Family

Source: Mr. Scarborough's Family