“We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.” WantHouseSexInterestPayRightsAccountsEndeavorMerchantsBuilderFlourPostman Author:Lucy Stone
“Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population once enslaved 20% of the population. While run by majority rule that is ok. That is very flawed notion of what democracy is. Democracy has to take into account several things - proportionate requirements of people, not just needs of the majority, but also needs of the minority. Majority, especially in societies where the media manipulates public opinion, can be totally wrong and evil. People have to act according to conscience and not by majority vote.” PeopleIfsNeedsStillsRunningEvilOpinionDemocracyRightsMediaConscienceVoteAccountsSlaveryMajorityNotionPopulationMinoritiesRequirementsPublic OpinionManipulateFlawedDemocracies HaveEvil PeopleMajority RuleMajority Vote Author:Howard Zinn
“The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.” FeelsMightPoliticalPartyRaceResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportTakenRightsGroupsColorCitizensRepublicanEqualTraditionAccountsConstitutionPopulationDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGuaranteesQuartersSuggestionsRepublican PartyMaintainingEqual RightsOathPolitical Rights Author:Calvin Coolidge
“A bear and a deer are both wild animals. We allow the deer to roam in our backyard but we do not give the same right to the bear. It is because the bear is dangerous. Neither the bear nor the deer have rights. We humans give them rights. Taking in account our own security, we give to some animals some rights and deny the same to other animals.” GivingHumansAnimalRightsSecurityDangerousBearsAccountsDenyDeerBackyardsWild Animal Author:Ali Sina
“Adults don't know how to respect and really love their young ones. Often love is confused with possession. You say "this is my" about your child, without taking into account that you're dealing with a real person with his/her own personality, rights, and autonomy, even when very young.” KnowsChildrenPersonsRealYoungLove IsKnow HowRightsPersonalityAdultsAccountsOur ChildrenPossessionYour ChildrenConfusedAutonomyReal PersonYoung Ones Author:Dacia Maraini
“They think my father has a lack of concern for human rights, but regardless of details, the Americans should be humanitarian in dealing with his family, because we are human. Saddam has three young ladies and they have children, I have five, Rana has four, and Hala has two. Therefore, our father is very dear to us. His grandchildren love him a lot. Why aren't humanitarian factors taken into account?” ThinkingShouldHumansChildrenTwoYoungThreeFatherTakenFiveFourRightsConcernAccountsDearHuman RightsDetailsHumanitarianFactorsGrandchildrenSaddamOur FatherChildren LoveYoung Ladies Author:Raghad Hussein
“I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution....The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to cover the whole ground. Although it provides that all men shall enjoy religious freedom, yet it does not provide the manner by which that freedom can be preserved, nor for the punishment of Government officers who refuse to protect the people in their religious rights, punish those mobs, states, or communities who interfere with the rights of the people on account of their religion. Its sentiments are good, but it provides no means of enforcing them.” PeopleMenMeanDoeStatesEnoughWholeGovernmentEnjoyCommunityReligiousRightsProtectAccountsConstitutionFaultsRefusePunishmentSentimentsBroadsOfficersInterfereReligious FreedomReligious Rights Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.