“My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.” Has BeensWarMy OwnPracticeRightsMovementFieldsBuddhismCivil RightsEngagedAnti WarAnti War Movement Author:Joan Halifax
“The moment that law is destroyed, liberty is lost, and men, left free to enter upon the domains of each other, destroy each other's rights, and invade the field of each other's liberty.” MenMomentsLawLostLeftLibertyRightsFieldsDestroyedDomain Author:J. G. Holland
“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentMightWantedIndividualLibertyRightsWrittenFieldsTenConstitutionBillsBranchesTouchedExecutivesAmendmentsInterfereFederal GovernmentAdoptedJudicialBill Of RightsCurbIndividual Liberty Author:Hugo Black
“We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it speaks, be it external or internal, we must for ever be on our guard, ever mobilized, ever vigilant, always ready to spring at its throat. In all this we march together. Not only do we march and strive shoulder to shoulder at this moment, under the fire of the enemy on the fields of war or in the air, but also in those realms of thought which are consecrated to the rights and the dignity of man.” MenWarMomentsTogetherSpeakLanguageRaceEnemyFireRightsAirFieldsReadySpringDignityStriveShouldersTyrannyRealmsInternalsMarchThroatDisguiseFoeVigilant Book:Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963 Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“Other human rights atrocities from African slavery to the killing fields of Cambodia, the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides are all of course to be remembered, but diluting their particularity or comparing degrees of evil does no good.” HumansDoeCoursesEvilRightsFieldsDegreesSlaveryKillingHuman RightsCompareRememberedGenocideAtrocitiesArmeniansCambodia Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“I believe that what I've worked for - women and children, civil rights against poverty, trying to level the playing field for people to have a better chance - is what I still believe is important and what I'm trying to do today.” PeopleTryingBelieveChildrenStillsImportantTodayI BelieveChanceLevelsPovertyRightsFieldsCivil RightsChances AreI Still BelievePlaying Fields Author:Hillary Clinton