“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
“If I start talking about my own hopes, it'll take hours. The biggest hope is that there's not any more discrimination between men and women. That women could have equal rights. It's very painful when you see in your family that a brother can do anything he wants, but at the same age, you can't.” IfsMenWantAgeCan DoHoursMy OwnTalkingRightsBrotherEqualMen And WomenPainfulDiscriminationOur FamilyEqual Rights Author:Malina Suliman
“I have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a class of men whowere disfranchised and denied their legal rights, I believe I should have devoted my life precisely as I have done in behalf of my own sex.” IfsMenShouldYearsBelieveHumansDoneLastsI BelieveSexMy OwnKnownClassStruggleRightsShould HaveHuman RightsThirtyDeniedContinentsDevotedBehalfThirty YearsLegal Rights Author:Susan B. Anthony
“I strongly believe in my own rights and wrongs and impose them on myself and my family.” BelieveMy OwnRightsMy FamilyRights And Wrongs Author:Nita Ambani
“The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the anti-slavery cause to be ... the school in which human rights are more fully investigated and better understood and taught than in any other.” HumansSchoolFoundCausesUnderstandingMy OwnRightsTaughtUnderstoodSlaverySlaveHuman RightsCivil RightsInvestigationAnti Slavery Author:Angelina Grimke
“I actually think it is people like myself who have been fighting for our rights to free speech and I would like the right to defend my own right to free speech, not have soldiers doing it for me. I don't think I need soldiers.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHas BeensFightingMy OwnRightsSpeechSoldierFree Speech Author:Medea Benjamin
“The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck and Tom and the controversy surrounding [Mark] Twain's use of them and from my own passionate interest in civil rights, animal rights, and the right of Earth to survive humankind's reprehensible neglect of its stewardship.” StoriesUseEarthSocialInterestMy OwnAnimalRightsMarkPassionateCivil RightsInequalityNeglectAnimal RightsHumankindTomsControversyStewardshipCritiqueRecollectionSocial Inequality Author:Norman Lock