“One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.” PeopleHumansStatesBeliefDemocracyRightsSpeechLaborElectionMethodTradeUnionsDemocraticHuman RightsRemoveAssociationRulersCreedsFreedom Of SpeechAssemblyLabor UnionTrade UnionsUnion SolidarityDemocratic Elections Author:George Meany
“The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.” HumansIdeasWholeBeliefVirtueRightsToughBillsDocumentsGuardianBill Of Rights Author:Roger Rosenblatt
“People have the absolute right to preach and to think and to say whatever they believe, and at the same time those beliefs can't be used as the basis for denying other people their equal rights and their equal freedom.” PeopleThinkingBelieveUsedBeliefRightsEqualBasesAbsolutesEqual Rights Author:Chris Christie
“I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression.” PeopleBelieveHumansIdeasBeliefI BelieveReligiousPracticeSupportRightsExpressionHuman RightsWomens RightsFreedom Of ExpressionReligious BeliefCompatibleNo Respect Author:Taslima Nasrin
“Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.” BeliefForceReligiousPowerfulRightsAirProtectConcernedMajorityOfficialsReligious BeliefAir ForceGuidelinesLobbyistsCadets Author:Barry W. Lynn
“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” IfsStillsCareLawPoliticalBeliefReligiousHalfPracticeCuttingRightsChangedSafePaperResourcesRateCriticalAccessHealth CareCodeMortalityDeniedChildbirthReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“Is driving a right? You are entitled to a driving license if you can abide by the traffic laws and drive responsibly. If your driving endangers the lives of others, that license will be taken away from you. So rights and responsibilities are inseparable. If you can't respect the rights of others, if by your belief and conduct you endanger the lives of other people, you are not entitled to any right.” PeopleIfsLawBeliefResponsibilityTakenRightsDrivingEntitledTrafficLicenseInseparableLives Of OthersAway From YouRights And Responsibilities Author:Ali Sina
“Religious freedom is often referred to as America's first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief that God has given all people certain inalienable rights. Government's role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination.” PeopleFirstsCountryGovernmentAmericaCertainBeliefGivenReligiousRolesRightsProtectSafeBuiltDiscriminationOur CountryPersecutionExileReligious FreedomInalienable RightsReligious Persecution Author:Marco Rubio
“To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head.” WorldWellsHeartSpiritualValuesIndividualBeliefJusticeLibertyRightsProgressStrongerCreatorPeacefulDecencyProsperousIndividual Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them” IfsShouldMatterFightingBeliefGivenNationsRightsBehaviorJudgmentShould HavePreservesFree ThoughtPrudes Author:Stephen King
“It used to be that your rights were infringed upon if the government punished or threatened you for expressing your sincerest beliefs. Now, your rights are infringed upon if you want something but someone refuses to buy it for you.” IfsWantGovernmentUsedBeliefRightsRefuseUsed To BeThreatenedWant Something Author:Matt Walsh
“The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious beliefs than they are dependent upon our thoughts about geometry or physics!” MenShouldGovernmentBeliefReligiousOpinionRightsObjectsPhysicsCivil RightsDependentOur ThoughtsGeometryReligious Belief Author:Thomas Jefferson
“[Concerning monotheistic religions] The only thing these hysterical cults have in common is the belief that this world will be consumed, and deservedly so, when the moment is ripe. They also, all of them, profess a great disdain for earthly possessions. Yet they pass the intervening time in haggling over the most trivial and paltry property rights, over caves and rocks and disputable pieces of archeological rubbish.” WorldMomentsBeliefCommonPiecesRightsRocksThis WorldPropertyPossessionCultCavesConsumedRipeRubbishProperty RightsDisdainHystericalInterveningEarthly Possessions Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The instructor has to teach history, cosmogony, psychology, ethics, the laws of nations. How can he do it without saying anything favorable or unfavorable about the beliefs of evangelical Christians, Catholics, Socinians, Deists, pantheists, materialists, or fetish worshipers, who all claim equal rights under American institutions? His teaching will indeed be "the play of Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted."” PlayChristianLawBeliefNationsTeachPsychologyRightsTeachingEqualEthicsClaimsCatholicInstitutionsEqual RightsEvangelicalInstructorsFetishDeist Author:Robert Dabney
“My idea of freedom is that we should protect the rights of people to believe what their conscience dictates, but fight equally hard to protect people from having the beliefs of others imposed upon them.” PeopleShouldBelieveIdeasHardFightingBeliefRightsProtectConscience Book:Common Ground Source: Common Ground
“The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.” FormFatherIndividualBeliefRightsTeachingBasesFoundingAbidingUs HistoryInalienable Rights Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the majority of the world, that's not the case. In many parts of the world, women and poor people are at a huge disadvantage - certain rights and protections don't exist, and they don't have the chance of upward mobility.” PeopleWorldCountryCertainBeliefChancePoorCasesRightsHugeSucceedMajorityProtectionUsaPoor PeopleDisadvantagesMobilityUpward Mobility Author:Joy Bryant
“My beliefs really haven't changed since I was in government. If anything, it gave me appreciation for how challenging it is for the government to balance and play the roles that it needs to, both wanting to keep the nation secure, both having the rights to collect extensive intelligence overseas, less so within the country.” IfsNeedsCountryPlayGovernmentBeliefNationsChallengesRolesRightsHavensChangedBalanceAppreciationSecure Author:Rod Beckstrom
“What is needed in the world today is a Civil Rights Movement for the Soul, freeing humanity at last from the oppression of its belief in a violent, angry, and vindictive God.” WorldSoulTodayLastsHumanityBeliefRightsMovementNeededAngryViolentCivil RightsOppressionWorld TodayCivil Rights MovementVindictive Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I was very concerned about helping animals improve their situations. But that was out of love. It wasn't political or out of a belief that animals had rights.” HelpingPoliticalBeliefAnimalSituationRightsConcerned Author:Sam Simon