“Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.” PeopleTryingMindPoliticsIndividualSilenceKnownLibertyOpinionRightsExerciseSpeechDrawsShadowDeserveSilentContemptFreedom Of SpeechRetributionDo Not Fear Author:Derek R. Audette
“If on one day we find the fast-spreading recognition of popular rights accompanied by a silent, growing perception of the rights of women, we also find it accompanied by a tendency towards a system of non-coercive education--that is, towards a practical illustration of the rights of children.” IfsChildrenGrowingRightsOne DayPerceptionSilentPracticalsTendenciesRecognitionIllustration Book:Social Statics; Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, & the First of Them Developed Source: Social Statics; Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, & the First of Them Developed
“A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day.” PeopleLongPoliticsLeadershipJusticeIssuesRightsPolicyGayEqualEthicsSilentHuman RightsCivil RightsIdeologyFree SpeechLong AgoEqual RightsGay MarriageModernityCivil Rights MovementSpeaking Out Author:Joe Biden
“The Bible has lost every major battle it has ever fought. The Bible was quoted to defend slavery and the bible lost. The Bible was quoted to keep women silent, and the Bible lost. And the Bible is being quoted to deny homosexuals their equal rights, and the Bible will lose.” LostLosesRightsBattleEqualMajorsSlaverySilentDenyHomosexualEqual Rights Author:John Shelby Spong
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“And what I tell people is this - as a citizen of this country, there are certain rights that are given to you. Officer Encinia's decision to forcibly remove Sandy from her vehicle, which predicated on the fact that he asked her to do something - he did not lawfully order her to do something - to which she responded with a question. And for that - for that - I celebrate her because during a time where so many people would have remained silent she stood up for herself, and she invoked the rights that are due to her, and that is not unlawful.” PeopleCountryFactsCertainOrderGivenDecisionRightsCitizensSilentDuesCelebrateRemoveOfficersVehicleStood UpSandyUnlawful Author:Sharon Cooper
“We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are more guilty than the perpetrators." And so, to the degree we pretend to be a democracy, we have a corresponding duty to be activist enough to prevent our human rights form being infringed upon.” HumansEnoughFacesFormResponsibilityDemocracyRightsDutyDegreesSilentInjusticeHuman RightsGuiltyProphetActivistCorrespondingRabbiPerpetrators Author:Ray McGovern
“We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge will break silence and speak out clearly for the civil rights that define our unity as a nation.” WantCertainSpeakNationsSilenceBreakRightsJudgingCourtUnitySilentCivil RightsParksTributeSpeaks OutRosaCourt Judges Author:Dick Durbin