“I am grateful that I have rights in the proverbial public square - but, as a practical matter, my most cherished rights are those that I possess in my bedroom and hospital room and death chamber.” MatterRoomsRightsGratefulPracticalsHospitalsSquaresBedroomChamberI Am GratefulProverbial Author:Jacob M. Appel
“There is no such thing as absolute free speech; there are only absolute rights of private property. Speech is circumscribed by private property rights. You may deliver a disquisition in my virtual or actual living room only if I permit you to so do.” IfsMayRoomsRightsSpeechAbsolutesPropertyPermitFree SpeechLiving RoomPrivate PropertyProperty Rights Author:Ilana Mercer
“Mother's room, and mother's need for privacy become a valuable lesson in respect for other people's rights.” PeopleNeedsMotherRoomsRightsLessonsValuablePrivacyRespecting OthersValuable Lessons Author:Doris Lessing
“Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts, even at ist own expense, to leave room in the state over which it rules for those to live who neither think nor feel as it does, that is to say as do the stronger, the majority.” ThinkingFeelsDoeStatesPoliticalRoomsPowerfulPrinciplesRightsLimitsAuthorityStrongerMajorityLiberalismSpiteExpensesPolitical Rights Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which will shout no, and ask questions, defend the few, attack cruelty and proclaim the rights and dignity of man. ... America is going to look very strange to Americans and they will not be at home here, for the air will slowly become unbreathable to all forms of life except sheep.” MenLooksHomeAmericaFormAsksHouseVoiceRoomsSilenceRightsAirStrangeActivityDignitySpreadDeterminedCrueltyCensorshipSheepCommitteesCaucus Author:Martha Gellhorn
“When women talk about "privacy" they mean abortion rights, and the millions of words feminists have written about "a room of one'sown" refer to psychological space, rarely to physical solitude. For most women being alone is tantamount to being deserted.” MeanWomenSpaceRoomsMillionsRightsWrittenFeminismSolitudeFeministPsychologicalAbortionPrivacyDesertedAbortion Rights Author:Florence King
“Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.” DoeDarkRoomsRightsCensorshipInterfereConstitutional RightsDark Room Author:Pat Paulsen
“The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are all rights to which all human beings are entitled, whether they choose to exercise them in a city square or an Internet chat room. And just as we have worked together since the last century to secure these rights in the material world, we must work together in this century to secure them in cyberspace.” WorldHumansTogetherLastsPoliticalSocialHuman BeingsRoomsViewsCitiesPracticeRightsCenturyMaterialsInternetExercisePursueSecureWorking TogetherSquaresEntitledSocial ChangeMaterial WorldCyberspace Author:Hillary Clinton
“[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires.” WayGovernmentIndividualEnjoyRoomsRightsConstitutionScalesMinimumIndividual RightsWartime Author:Antonin Scalia
“I think there should be some way to find some kind of reasonable accommodation that allows the state to continue to say, you know, that women's rights supersede any kind of a cultural custom that's oppressive to women, but also potentially allows a woman to take the oath, I don't know, in a separate room. It would be up to the court to find some kind of cultural accommodation.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldKindStatesWould BeRoomsRightsCourtReasonableCustomsWomens RightsOathAccommodations Author:Rona Ambrose