“A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.” PeopleYearsTodayInterestCreativeRightsHeardHundredYears AgoStonesFoundationGermanyJointsAssertionCreative PeoplePioneering Author:Johannes Rau
“In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After all, if traditional marriage is defined as the union of (1) two people of (2) opposite gender, and if, as advocates of gay marriage insist, the gender requirement is nothing but prejudice, exclusion and an arbitrary denial of one's autonomous choices in love, then the first requirement - the number restriction (two and only two) - is a similarly arbitrary, discriminatory and indefensible denial of individual choice.” PeopleIfsYearsFirstsTwoChoicesIndividualNumbersRightsGayYears AgoOppositesPrejudiceUnionsGenderTraditionalDefinedDenialLogicalRequirementsEssaysArbitraryGay MarriageRestrictionGay RightsExclusionPolygamyAutonomousTraditional MarriageIndividual Choice Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights.” YearsStillsWarLawRightsYears AgoDiscriminationDenialZoneWomens RightsWar ZonesPracticing Law Author:Gloria Allred
“I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do?” ThinkingWantLifeTryingYearsIdeasWholeHelpingSchoolFightingCan DoRightsHonestRacismYears AgoWhole LifeCivil RightsChicagoI Want YouArrestedAgainst Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.” PeopleWantYearsResponsibilityFiveRightsYears AgoTwentiesPrivilegeObligationFive YearsTwenty FiveRights And Privileges Author:Lou Holtz
“51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later he`s talking about doing something and not talking.” YearsTalkingRightsYears AgoClintonCampaignsLockedNot TalkingLocked Up Author:Killer Mike