“Human rights did not begin with the French Revolution...[they] really stem from a mixture of Judaism and Christianity...[we English] had 1688, our quiet revolution, where Parliament exerted its will over the King...it was not the sort of Revolution that France's was...'Liberty, equality, fraternity' - they forgot obligations and duties I think. And then of course the fraternity went missing for a long time.” ThinkingHumansLongCoursesLibertyChristianityRightsMissingDutyRevolutionKingsQuietLong TimeHuman RightsObligationFranceStemJudaismParliamentMixturesFraternityFrench Revolution Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring.” ChoicesLanguageSoundRightsHeardMissingCourtCaringAbortionSupporterVocabularyAmbivalent Author:Ellen Goodman
“If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess them, and doesn't infringe on those rights, I would consider that. But all the proposals I've seen do not achieve that goal. And we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in the USA. Violence in our society is the problem.” IfsImportantProblemHandsLawOpportunityGoalRightsViolenceAchieveMissingProduceCitizensProtectGunCriminalsDebateGoldenUsaOur SocietyProposalAbidingLaw Abiding CitizenGolden Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio
“The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any talk about allegations of war crimes. Those are the kind of thing that lead to a great deal of fear and uncertainty.” PeopleKindWarPoliticalTermDealsRightsHappenedMissingCrimeUncertaintyDisappearanceWar CrimesAllegationsPolitical RightsDetainees Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“We, the people, gave the marching orders to our democratically-elected officials and instructed them. We wanted out of Vietnam and we got out of Vietnam. We wanted women's right to choose and we got women's right to choose. We got the EPA, we got the Clean Air Act, Water Act, we got rights for workers in the workplace to be protected from dangers. We accomplished pretty much all of what we wanted when we had the courage of our convictions. That is the missing ingredient.” PeopleWantedOrderWaterRightsAirMissingDangerCleanWorkersConvictionOfficialsAccomplishedIngredientsVietnamProtectedWorkplaceElected OfficialsClean AirEpa Author:Jill Stein
“I remember being at the church a few hours after the church was bombed in Birmingham, the 16th Street Baptist Church. It was very hard and very difficult to stand on that corner across the street from the church. Or to go Mississippi and search for the three civil rights workers who came up missing. There is a lot of trauma.” HardRememberThreeDifficultHoursChurchRightsStreetsMissingWorkersCornersTraumaCivil RightsBaptistsMississippiBirmingham Author:John Lewis
“In the 1980s, I was working to reform the schools in Arkansas. Donald Trump was borrowing $14 million from his father to start his businesses. In the 1990s, I went to Beijing and I said women's rights are human rights. He insulted a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, called her an eating machine.” HumansSaidSchoolUniverseFatherMillionsRightsMissingTrumpEatingMachinesHuman RightsFormerReformWomens RightsBorrowingInsultedArkansasBeijing Author:Hillary Clinton
“Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who have no voice.” SpeakVoiceLeaderRightsMissingConversationImmigrationCivil RightsBehalfReformersCivil Rights Leaders Author:Andrew Lam
“I love the idea of 'the one' but I actually believe that there isn't a Miss Right. There are 12,000 Miss Rights out there and it's all timing.” BelieveIdeasRightsMissingTiming Author:Matthew Perry