“I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.” YearsBookCharacterWantedTurnsRightsTvsSeriesRequestTurned DownTv Series Author:Louise Penny
“Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos.” WantHumansKindStatesBigsTurnsRightsCreaturesHuman RightsCarefulTeethDrunkAwfulDepartmentSoberAmerican PoliticsBucksJimmyRedneckCarterApparitionsLandslides Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity.” KnowsWorldYearsHumansDreamLightInspirationAmericaLyingHumanityTurnsMoralRightsBasesHuman RightsFlags Author:Woodrow Wilson
“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others - a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene. When we consider these things, then the valley of the Thames draws closer to the farms of Kansas and the plains of Texas.” MenShouldMeanRealAgeLawTurnsFightingSpeakNationsLibertyRightsSubjectsCitizensFitWorshipDrawsSizeDeterminedTreasurePreservesTexasFarmsValleysProvisionMeasurementFree ManKansasKinshipProximityThamesLondoners Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won't even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population ... you know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails.” PeopleKnowsChildrenI CanGovernmentTurnsHouseRightsEffectsCitizensGayMarriedPercentOur ChildrenPopulationStealingPursueYour ChildrenZeroGay PeopleGetting MarriedAmerican CitizensLustfulDebaucheryHedonisticLegal Rights Author:Chris Kluwe
“If a woman or a gay person has a right, by conservative logic, then the right is not actually a right but instead an assault on rights. Women and gays: So evil that we can turn actual rights into assaults on freedom just by having them.” IfsPersonsTurnsEvilRightsGayLogicConservativeAssault Author:Amanda Marcotte
“Christianity and Islam are concerned with the idea of justice, which can turn into political justice, social justice, economical justice, and so on. Buddhism is not so concerned with the idea of rights. There is more talk of responsibility than of demanding rights.” IdeasPoliticalTurnsSocialJusticeResponsibilityChristianityRightsBuddhismConcernedSocial JusticeIslamChristianity And Islam Author:Pankaj Mishra
“If you're not willing to speak out for the rights of other people, then who do you expect to speak out for you when it's your turn?” PeopleIfsTurnsSpeakRightsWillingSpeaks Out Author:Chris Kluwe
“Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights.” Has BeensTurnsIndividualRightsCourtCivil RightsArenaForumsConstitutional Rights Author:Dianne Feinstein