“They can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man... there are no special rights for people based upon your sex practices. There's no special rights based upon what you do in your sex life. You're an American citizen first and foremost and that's it.” PeopleIfsMenFirstsValuesSexPracticeRightsSpecialCitizensMarriedConservativeAmerican CitizensConservative Values Author:Michele Bachmann
“What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.” PeopleAmericaResponsibilityRightsSpecialCitizenshipRights And Responsibilities Author:Zoe Lofgren
“A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era.” WellsReasonRightsHappenedSpecialTownsThings HappenCivil RightsErasAtlanta Author:Ivan Allen, Jr.
“In many instances the conduct of colored workmen, and those who have spoken for them, has not been in asking or demanding that equal rights be accorded to them as to white workmen, but somehow conveying the idea that they are to be petted and coddled and given special consideration and special privilege. Of course that can't be done.” IdeasDoneCoursesGivenWhiteRightsSpecialEqualAskingPrivilegeInstanceConsiderationEqual RightsWorkmenConveying Author:Samuel Gompers
“Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed to force everyone to support their religion.” PeopleIfsForceReligiousLeaderSupportRightsAtheismSpecialMajorityPositive AtheismEntitledElected Leaders Author:Ed Buckner
“One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other victims, and there's competition among victims expressions that are unnecessary.” HumansProblemInterestCommunityForgetRightsSpecialExpressionVictimCompetitionHuman RightsUnnecessarySpecial Interests Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“This bill attempts to make sure that President Clinton is not allowed to do by Executive Order what Congress has declined to enact in the past two congressional sessions namely, to treat homosexuals as a special class protected under various titles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” TwoPastOrderPresidentClassRightsSpecialTreatsBillsClintonCongressVariousScaryCivil RightsTitlesExecutivesProtectedHomosexualSessionPresident ClintonExecutive OrdersCivil Rights ActCivil Rights Act Of 1964 Author:Jesse Helms
“"Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race or another. When you say "men," you have already imbued them with all their rights.” MenShouldRaceRightsSpecialRacistConfusing Author:Jose Marti
“They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.” WayLawRightsSpecialProtectCivil RightsHippie Author:Tom Allen
“The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.” SidesReligiousRightsSpecialArgumentClaimsMinorities Author:Tom Allen
“No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under all governments, insofar as they survive at all, by special classes of fanatics, often highly dubious.” TryingGovernmentClassRightsSpecialFavorsCivil RightsFanaticsDubious Author:H. L. Mencken
“Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.” PeopleTodayUsedRightsSpecialEqualDiscriminationCivil RightsUsed To BeTreatmentSpecial TreatmentEqual Treatment Author:Thomas Sowell
“American special relationships with Israel and Saudi Arabia blind us to their dreadful encroachments on human rights, as well as confer impunity on their leaders with respect to accountability for crimes against humanity.” HumansWellsHumanityLeaderRightsSpecialCrimeBlindHuman RightsIsraelAccountabilityArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisImpunityEncroachmentCrimes Against HumanitySpecial Relationship Author:Richard A. Falk