“When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult time. Even though religion was a big part of the civil rights and peace movements, in my college religion was treated as irrelevant, hopelessly stodgy, and behind the times.” BigsAmericaCultureDifficultReligiousBehindsRightsMovementCollegeSeriousTreatedCivil RightsShockIrrelevant1960sDifficult TimesUpbringingCulture Shock Book:Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America Source: Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
“If you were a single mom, there's no way to support yourself and your kids by working in a hair salon. It's about a woman who decides to go and do what was considered a man's job, but was treated quite horribly for it and decides she has to fight for her rights when everyone thinks she should just shut up and take it.” IfsThinkingMenWayShouldKidsJobsFightingSupportRightsHairMomTreatedShut UpSingle MomSalons Author:Charlize Theron
“I suppose the half-breeds in Manitoba, in 1870, did not fight for two hundred forty acres of land, but it is to be understood there were two societies who treated together. One was small, but in its smallness it had its rights. The other was great, but in its greatness it had no greater rights than the rights of the small, because the right is the same for everyone.” TwoTogetherFightingHalfGreaterRightsLandGreatnessUnderstoodHundredTreatedFortyAcresSmallness Author:Louis Riel
“Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights: the right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities, provided only that he does not try to inflict them upon others by force; he has the right to argue for them as eloquently as he can. But he has no right to be protected from the criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge.” MenTryingDoeCertainForceChallengesRightsDemandCriticismSacredArguingTreatedProtectedIndulgeHarborsSuperstitiousInalienable RightsImbecility Author:H. L. Mencken
“I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.” PeopleTodayLawLibertySupportRightsLandBillsTreatedCanadaProtected Author:Paul Martin
“The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.” ShouldLawIssuesRightsCitizensTreatedCivil RightsApprovedMarriage Equality Author:Bruce Springsteen
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.” IfsHumansAbleFormHumanityAnimalDoubtRightsCreationDevilAbuseTreatedCrueltyVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsFeathersCousinVegetarianismFurAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyAnimal LoveEnslavementVegetarian HealthHuman AnimalAnimal WorldHumans And AnimalsAnimal LifeHuman FormAnimal EthicsAnimal AbuseAnimal KingdomVegan HealthAnimal TestingHuman CrueltyWildlife AnimalsAbused Animals Author:William Ralph Inge
“We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.” IfsKnowsMenWayNeedsShouldMeanJobsHateGirlRightsFeetEqualGood ThingsFeministEqualityTreatedGood TimesFairnessEqual RightsHate MeYou Hate MeGender GapPay Gap Author:Charlize Theron
“The covenant between Jews and God was conditional on their respect for human rights. The reason they were expelled from the land was that they were more interested in money and power and treated the poor and aliens with contempt.” HumansReasonPoorRightsLandHuman RightsJewTreatedAliensContemptCovenantMoney And PowerConditional Author:Stephen Sizer
“If you're an American citizen and you decide to join up with ISIS, we're not going to read you your Miranda rights. You're going to be treated as an enemy combatant, a member of an army attacking this country.” IfsCountryEnemyRightsCitizensMembersArmyTreatedAttackingIsisAmerican Citizens Author:Marco Rubio
“Animals should have rights and should be treated with compassion and empathy; we are their caretakers. If you don't have it in your heart to help them, then just leave them alone and do no harm.” IfsShouldHeartHelpingAnimalCompassionRightsEmpathyShould HaveHarmTreatedCaretakersCompassion And Empathy Author:Katie Cleary