“There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom' that when its leaders stand up for the rights of banks to be unregulated or capital gains to be untaxed, that it is actually and obviously standing up for human liberty, the noblest cause of them all.” HumansCausesLibertyLeaderRightsGainsStandingConvictionAnnoyingPatentsCapital Gains Author:Thomas Frank
“It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.” PeopleKnowsShouldLongResponsibilityRightsCoupleGayMarriedFairsStandingShould HaveStableGay MarriageHorrificMarried CouplesRights And ResponsibilitiesGay Relationship Author:Ian Mckellen
“Kuwait will continue to be the final goal, her words will keep being the standing point.. Who works for her, nurtures her rights, protects her , and puts her before himself, will be in God's highest ranks.” GoalRightsProtectHighestStandingFinalsNurtureKuwait Author:Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
“Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude” HumansMadeChoicesDemocracyRightsDangerStandingDecidedSafetyHuman RightsConvictionServitudeOur ChoicesBurmaBasic Human Rights Author:Aung San
“Tanzania is standing by the people of Zimbabwe including President Mugabe... Mugabe is there, he is president, he has been elected. If Tanzania had simply said, stupid, you're hopeless, a murderer, a violator of basic human rights; does that remove Mugabe from office? It doesn't.” PeopleIfsHumansDoeHas BeensSaidPresidentRightsStupidOfficeStandingIncludingHuman RightsRemoveHopelessMurdererZimbabweTanzaniaBasic Human RightsSimply SaidMugabe Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.” ThinkingWellsProblemCertainChoicesForceNationsRolesRightsViolenceSecurityPolicySeriousPrideGunStandingArmyPoliceTablesCourtAmendmentsSupreme CourtMeltingSecond AmendmentGun ViolenceConstitutional RightsPolice ForceSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticePersonal Security Author:Antonin Scalia
“I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.” WantSaidWarRecordsRightsRevolutionProudStandingIndependenceBillsTerroristInnocentSparksAmendmentsFourthBill Of RightsFourth Amendment Author:Rand Paul
“Nowadays everybody's a feminist - male, female, trans. Gender's so passé they don't even care anymore. They know what equal rights are, they know what it's about, and everybody is standing toe-to-toe strong about it and really fighting.” KnowsCareFightingStrongRightsEqualFemaleStandingMalesFeministGenderToesEqual RightsTransMale Female Author:Lizz Winstead
“I feel we have to begin standing our ground in the places we love. I think that we have to demand that concern for the land, concern for the Earth, and this extension of community that we've been speaking of, is not marginal - in the same way that women's rights are not marginal, in the same way that rights for children are not marginal. There is no separation between the health of human beings and the health of the land. It is all part of a compassionate view of the world.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsHumansChildrenEarthCommunityHuman BeingsViewsRightsLandDemandConcernStandingSeparationCompassionateWomens RightsExtensions Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for... protection against standing armies” RightsStandingConstitutionArmyBillsProtectionAidsProvidingBill Of RightsOmission Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land and not by the law of nations.” FirstsMatterFactsLawForceNationsRightsLandEternalStandingArmyBillsPressesAddProtectionAidsTrialsProvidingMonopolyRestrictionJuryMatter Of FactBill Of RightsFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionOmissionCorpusTrial By JuryHabeas Corpus Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so much of what people were saying was not matching up with what they were doing. For example, we were talking about sister solidarity, and women were putting each other down. We were talking about standing up for our rights, and women weren't leaving abusive relationships with men. There were just so many disconnects.” PeopleMenYoungTalkingSawsRightsFeminismExampleStandingLeavingFeministSavedSolidarityAbusiveMatchingAbusive Relationship Author:Eve Ensler
“Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought.” HumansImportantFightingRightsStandingHuman RightsCampaignsParenthoodPlanned Parenthood Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm a progressive. What I find is that a subsection within the left that instead of standing for consistency in progressive values, so feminism as applied to mainstream society, as well as within minority communities, gay rights to mainstream society as well as within minority communities.” WellsValuesLeftCommunityRightsFeminismGayStandingMinoritiesProgressiveMainstreamConsistencyGay RightsMainstream Society Author:Maajid Nawaz
“I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.” ThinkingHas BeensAbleGoalCommunityRightsWonderfulAchieveModelsDeserveStandingActivismMarriage EqualityParagon Author:Jill Stein