“In the constitution of Spain as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me:... that no person born after that day should ever acquire the rights of citizenship until he could read and write. It is impossible sufficiently to estimate the wisdom of this provision. Of all those which have been thought of for securing fidelity in the administration of the government, constant reliance to the principles of the constitution, and progressive amendments with the progressive advances of the human mind or changes in human affairs, it is the most effectual.” ShouldWritingMindHumansPersonsHas BeensGovernmentBornPrinciplesRightsImpossibleLateConstitutionConstantAffairAdministrationAcquireProgressiveHuman MindAmendmentsCitizenshipSpainRelianceProvisionFidelity Author:Thomas Jefferson
“And we are in a strange conundrum. You can kill an American citizen overseas. But according to this administration, if you capture him in the United States, they've got to be read their Miranda rights.” IfsStatesUnitedUnited StatesRightsStrangeCitizensAdministrationCaptureAmerican CitizensConundrumsMiranda Author:John McCain
“The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.” MenMayAbilityIssuesGreaterRightsSecurityStudentsBuildingVictoryMetsDemandExcellenceUniversityAdministrationFilesDeanRifles Author:Richard M. Nixon
“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.” FirstsSelfLawCoursesNextIndividualJusticeRightsSubjectsArmsKingsEnglandCourtDefenseAdministrationEntitledPreservationParliamentGrievanceSelf PreservationIndividual RightsRedress Book:Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People
“The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.” RunningViewsRightsManagementPoint Of ViewAdministrationFormulasCeoShareholdersFormula One Author:Bernie Ecclestone
“In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.” MeanLawJusticeCasesRightsPositionJudgingApproachConstitutionCourtDemocraticPopulationProtectionAdministrationGuaranteesReliefSectionsViolationAttorneyAdviserMagistratesDemocratic RightsAdministration Of Justice Book:No Easy Walk to Freedom Source: No Easy Walk to Freedom
“The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.” GovernmentJusticeRightsDefeatAdministrationDefianceFraternityMasonicAdministration Of Justice Author:Millard Fillmore
“The administration [ of Barack Obama ]says I`m wrong, that there`s nothing to worry about. They say the deal is nearly done, and they are making a lot of promises about how the deal will affect workers, the environment and human rights - promises. But people like you can`t see the actual deal.” PeopleHumansDoneDealsWorryEnvironmentRightsLike YouPromiseWorkersHuman RightsAdministrationBarack Author:Elizabeth Warren
“George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.” HumansLawLibertyRightsWalkingInternationalHuman RightsScalesObligationAdministrationConventionsAssaultRule Of LawTreatiesCivil LibertiesWalking AwayProtocol Author:Bianca Jagger
“During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.” HumansDemocracyRightsFrontsHuman RightsAdministrationEgypt Author:Elliott Abrams
“I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially. And it's to her credit that she was interested in this, let me say. But once again, I'm not sure the extent to which Roosevelt - I guess he did use her really, particularly on the civil rights front. No question about it, because she was well identified out there, and brought a good many blacks into the Administration, into the White House, into his presence and so on.” ThinkingWellsUseHouseWhiteRightsFrontsLet MeCreditActiveImpressionCivil RightsAdministrationNot SureGood ManWhite HouseEleanor Author:William A. Rusher
“The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take our God, and our gun. And if they do that, they can impose a dictatorship upon us.” IfsWantTryingRightsArmsBearsGunAdministrationBarackDictatorship Author:Ted Cruz
“Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced [their plans] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged human rights programs. The main issue is state-directed international terrorism. Right at that time that big industry developed. That's when you start getting the academic departments on terrorism.” HumansKindStatesBigsIssuesRightsPlansIndustryProgramInternationalHuman RightsTerrorTerrorismAdministrationDepartmentAcademicCarterInternational Terrorism Author:Noam Chomsky