“The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as Americans. The time is come - it is now - when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.” GodGovernmentAmericaChoicesJesusChristResponsibilityAcceptingRightsAcceptanceDutyDependsOughtDisciplineSpeechTiredChaosPrivilegeConvictionHearingCompromiseCitizenshipDemonstratingDisintegrationPlainnessRights And Privileges Author:Peter Marshall
“What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.” MayMeanDoeAmericaOpportunityAnswersResponsibilityPrinciplesRightsEqualAgreeEqual OpportunityBasic PrinciplesAmerica Freedom Author:Ben Nelson
“When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.” PeopleYearsBelieveGovernmentTodayAmericaLyingI BelievePresidentRightsArmyCriminals Author:Jack Herer
“our rights come from our Creator and it is impossible to define America if you do not talk in public about where your rights come from.” IfsAmericaRightsImpossibleCreator Author:Newt Gingrich
“So when people tell you, oh, you can't have the Ten Commandments on public property, they're just wrong. It's historically false. It's not true. Now, you can decide to invent a new America in which you shouldn't say "one nation under God" as part of the pledge because, after all, you will offend three atheists. But that's not the America you inherited. That's a different country. And I think it's a weaker country and I think it's a country that has no roots in terms of where its rights come from.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCountryAmericaThreeNationsTermRightsTenRootsPropertyAtheistCommandmentsPledgeTen CommandmentsDifferent CountriesOne Nation Under God Author:Newt Gingrich
“America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution; we get them from God.” AmericaLawValuesRightsConstitutionInalienable Rights Author:Dennis Prager
“Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa” WorldWantHumansAmericaFightingCausesPresidentDoubtRightsRiskSecuritySouthHuman RightsAround The WorldAfghanistanSouth AfricaConvenientPolandChile Author:Geraldine Ferraro
“I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent enough to decide for themselves what they want to read. Without being told, by self-appointed people, you must not read this, or you cannot read this.” PeopleThinkingWantSelfEnoughTodayAmericaRightsIntelligentInherentAmerica Today Author:Bennett Cerf
“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
“The environment is the most important, the most fundamental, civil-rights issue.... Four out of every five toxic-waste dumps in America is in a black neighborhood.” ImportantAmericaBlackIssuesEnvironmentFiveFourRightsWasteFundamentalsCivil RightsNeighborhoodToxicDumpToxic Waste Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.” AmericaPastRightsTomorrowCivil RightsSecurePassagesBetter TomorrowCivil Rights ActCivil Rights Act Of 1964 Author:Aberjhani
“I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.” PeopleWayDifferentGovernmentTodayAmericaUsedVoiceOpinionRightsMassOppositionNoticingSept 11 Author:Ziggy Marley
“Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.” ImportantTodayAmericaSocialJusticeIssuesRightsSocial JusticeCivil RightsColumbiaAmerica Today Author:Jesse Jackson
“America is more than just a place...it's an idea. It's the only country founded on an idea. Our rights come from nature and God, not government. We promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.” IdeasCountryGovernmentAmericaOpportunityRightsPromiseEqualOutcomesEqual OpportunityGod And Nature Author:Paul Ryan
“Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.” PeopleGovernmentAmericaRightsTraditionalLatinTerritoryIndigenousLatin AmericaIndigenous People Author:Bianca Jagger
“...Sean Penn claimed to be 'serv[ing] the country' by giving aid and comfort to an enemy about to be attacked by the US. He said it made him feel more patriotic to dissent from the war aims of his nation. It is at least a counterintuitive position. Most people would not instantly grasp how it is more patriotic to always root against America. White supremacists should try claiming that burning crosses is more supportive of civil rights than not burning them.” PeopleGivingFeelsShouldTryingMadeSaidWarCountryAmericaNationsWhiteEnemyRightsPositionComfortCrossesRootsAimAidsCivil RightsBurningPatrioticSupportiveDissentSean Author:Ann Coulter
“Not a single time have we gotten our rights from Congress or the President, we get them from God. And when He gives us those rights, He puts a warning bell inside of us. When somebody tries to take them, a warning bell goes off. And that's what America is feeling right now.” GivingTryingFeelingsAmericaPresidentRightsRight NowCongressWarningBells Author:Glenn Beck
“Movies like 'The Interview' and 'Team America: World Police' don't often show the realities of life in North Korea and the human rights violations perpetrated by the government there.” WorldHumansShowsRealityGovernmentAmericaRightsTeamPoliceHuman RightsReality Of LifeInterviewsKoreaViolationNorth KoreaTeam America Author:Jennifer Armintrout
“As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.” HumansAmericaPresidentRightsMiddleTestsHuman RightsChinaEastRussiaOur TimeAlliesMiddle EastSignalsAdversaries Author:Carly Fiorina
“Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts to shift focus from civil to silver rights were interrupted by his untimely death. He fought ardently for Black rights, but he also recognized financial literacy as the key to an America that was truly free for all people.” PeopleAmericaForceBlackPoorEffortPovertyFocusRightsKeysKingsFinancialCampaignsOrganizedSilverDrsLiteracyPoor PeopleInterruptedLegislatorsFinancial LiteracyUntimely Death Author:John Hope Bryant
“Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.” YearsHumansI CanBigsAmericaSpeakWalksSupportRightsHuman RightsProfitCampaignsTunesExecutivesWealthyParenthoodEstablishmentSenatorsPlanned ParenthoodNon Profit Author:Robert Reich
“Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that having American support will be the kiss of death for their movement. And that's really tragic.” IfsWantHumansLooksAmericaSupportRightsMovementKissingHuman RightsTragicIranKiss Of Death Author:Yaroslav Trofimov
“I'm excited about the state of women's spiritual life and interior life and who women are. I wish the political establishment would catch up, because we still don't have equal rights in America.” StillsStatesAmericaSpiritualPoliticalWishRightsEqualExcitedEstablishmentSpiritual LifeInteriorsEqual RightsRights In America Author:Patricia Arquette
“I've always been progressive on social issues: pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights - even when I was a Republican. The big difference is that I once believed the private sector would address America's social problems. But then I saw firsthand that this wasn't going to happen.” ProblemBigsHappensAmericaChoicesSocialDifferencesIssuesSawsRightsRepublicanGayGunAddressesProgressiveGun ControlSocial IssuesPrivate SectorGay RightsSocial ProblemsPro GunPro Gun ControlPro Gay Author:Arianna Huffington
“America has become and was the exception to the way most of the people in the world were forced to live, because America was the first formally built, structured country on the premise that the people ran the show based on their liberty, based on their natural God-given rights to pursue happiness. The right to life, the right to freedom and to pursue happiness. No other country in the history of the world had ever been formed or founded on such premises. This one was. That was the exception.” PeopleWorldWayFirstsCountryShowsAmericaGivenNaturalLibertyRightsBuiltPursueRanExceptionOther CountriesWorld HistoryPremisesRight To Life Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.” LastsAmericaLibertyRightsCourtSupremeRefugeSupreme Court Author:Dick Durbin
“America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars and incarceration rates and pollution. We can be a better country. I think we're going to be a better country.” ThinkingWorldShouldHumansWarCountryAmericaRightsSolutionsGreenCleanRateHuman RightsPollutionIncarceration Author:Van Jones