“The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation.” RightsMovementAchievementDignityCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementIndignationGreatest Achievement Author:Fredric Wertham
“His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” PeopleMayCountryDoneUseHomeGovernmentPoliticalCommunityReligiousViewsRightsObjectsAchievementUnderstoodPrejudiceJewEnjoyedEstablishmentOther CountriesFavourPalestineMajestyEndeavourFacilitateJewish CommunityJewish NationalReligious Rights Author:Arthur Balfour
“The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law, equality before the law, freedom of conscience, thought, and expression, human rights, and liberal democracy- quite an achievement, surely, for any civilization- - remain the best, and perhaps the only, means for all people, no matter of what race or creed, to reach their full potential and live in freedom.” PeopleHumansMeanIdeasSelfMatterStatesLawChurchRaceDemocracyRightsExpressionCivilizationAchievementConscienceCriticismWestHuman RightsSeparationCreedsChurch And StateGreat IdeaRule Of LawSeparation Of Church And StateRationalismFull PotentialSearch For TruthDisinterestedSelf CriticismLiberal Democracy Book:Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays Source: Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
“I gained a great appreciation for what I would call the collective achievement of the country. I began thinking of America as a much more just and humane place than I would have thought if I'd been covering the civil rights struggle.” IfsThinkingCountryAmericaStruggleRightsAchievementAppreciationCivil RightsCollectivesHumaneCovering Author:Charles Kuralt
“We must recognise that we have a great inheritance in our possession, which represents the prolonged achievement of the centuries; that there is not one of our simple uncounted rights today for which better men than we are have not died on the scaffold or the battlefield. We have not only a great treasure; we have a great cause. Are we taking every measure within our power to defend that cause?” MenTodayCausesSimpleRightsCenturyAchievementDiedPossessionTreasureInheritanceRecogniseBattlefieldsBetter Man Author:Winston Churchill
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.” HumansLibertyRightsAchievementUniversalHuman RightsDeclarationLandmarksDeclaration Of Human Rights Book:Public paper of the presidents of the United States Source: Public paper of the presidents of the United States