“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
“Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of years?” PeopleKnowsYearsStatesUnitedUnited StatesRightsCoupleVotingRight To VoteDid You Know Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsHandsWould BeHouseDemocracyFiveRightsAgreeDestroyedFive YearsBritainCommunistTheft Author:Tony Benn
“Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsBelieveHumansWellsMayHas BeensTwoFactsGovernmentOpportunityGivenCausesTermDemocracyRightsHavensShould HaveVoteAbuseInstitutionsDemocraticHuman RightsCorruptionTwo YearsLegislationGrossShould Have BeenTenureBhutto Author:Fatima Bhutto
“I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which is superior to any other. But to achieve its promise, it must be both free and enterprising. There is no suggestion here that networks or individual stations should operate as philanthropies. But I can find nothing in the Bill of Rights or in the Communications Act which says that they must increase their net profits each year, lest the Republic collapse.” ShouldYearsBelieveSaidI CanCountryIndividualI BelieveRightsAchieveTelevisionCommunicationPromiseIncreaseBillsProfitRadioSuperiorsEnterpriseStationsRepublicCollapsePhilanthropySuggestionsBill Of RightsFree EnterpriseEnterprising Author:Edward R. Murrow
“We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.” YearsThreeGivenRightsHundredForty Book:I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr Source: I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr
“There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.” YearsIssuesRightsLateCivil RightsHippieRushingRushing In Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming out for almost a year before I did. I thought about it seriously on the plane ride home from the World Cup, while I was casually talking to my friend Lori Lindsey. She said, "Dude, you should just come out." She was right. Everyone in my life already knew. If you want to stand up and fight for equal rights but then won't even stand up for yourself and say "I'm gay" - that just started to feel weird.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsShouldYearsKindSaidHomeFightingTalkingRightsGayEqualMy FriendsCupsPlanesComing OutAwkwardEqual RightsWorld CupStand Up For YourselfPlane Rides Author:Megan Rapinoe
“The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated into a demagogic hustle, promoting the mindless racism they once fought against.” YearsFactsPastRightsMovementRacismCivil RightsDespiteTragicCourageousHonorablePromotingCivil Rights MovementHustleMindless Author:Thomas Sowell
“If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.” IfsYearsMeanI CanCountryPresidentFiveRightsEqualSingingFive YearsEqual Rights Author:Wyclef Jean
“Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal rights under the Constitution. My question for the GOP candidates: Do you support the Equal Rights Amendment?” YearsStillsSupportRightsEqualVoteConstitutionCandidatesAmendmentsEqual RightsSecuredRight To VoteGopEqual Rights Amendment Author:Jane Fonda
“We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on other countries we invade. Hell, our new Secretary of State, Hillary of Clinton, spent the better part of the past year fighting for the rights of average folks from Michigan, so think of the good will we have with the public. This is very doable. Just tell Congress we will give KBR no-bid contracts to fix Detroit.” ThinkingNeedsGivingYearsKindCountryStatesPastFightingLinesHellClearRightsIndustryClintonCongressAverageFolksContractsOther CountriesSecretaryGood WillDetroitMichiganLiberatorsAuto Industry Author:John Cole
“But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights.” PeopleYearsHardFactsRightsViolenceFiftyFewerLegislationNon Violence Book:No Easy Walk to Freedom Source: No Easy Walk to Freedom
“Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.” YearsHumansI CanBigsAmericaSpeakWalksSupportRightsHuman RightsProfitCampaignsTunesExecutivesWealthyParenthoodEstablishmentSenatorsPlanned ParenthoodNon Profit Author:Robert Reich
“When ISIS last year called for the destruction of the Yazidi people, President Obama said that would constitute genocide and he ordered U.S. forces to keep it from happening. Human rights advocates say Christians now face a similar threat Nina Shea directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute.” PeopleYearsHumansSaidChristianLastsFacesForcePresidentReligiousRightsHappeningsDestructionThreatHuman RightsGenocidePresident ObamaLast YearIsisInstituteReligious FreedomNina Author:Tom Gjelten
“Over the last eight years of being on YouTube, I've seen so much progress. I think the reason for that is that a lot of young people are having open dialogue and honest conversations about social justice and human rights.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansReasonLastsYoungSocialJusticeRightsProgressHonestConversationSocial JusticeHuman RightsEightDialogueYoutube Author:Tyler Oakley
“Even in South Carolina, as badly as we did, and we did very badly, we won the votes of people 29 years of age or younger. The future of the Democratic Party, the future of this country is involving young people in the political process, getting them to stand up for their rights.” PeopleYearsCountryAgeYoungPoliticalProcessPartyRightsVoteDemocraticSouthDemocratic PartyInvolvingCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Bernie Sanders
“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
“My numbers and my stats were exactly the same. I was doing what the coaches wanted me to do. And what I had been doing up to that point was enough to get me a very well-paying contract with the Vikings. ... In my mind there was only one thing that had changed from the year before and the year I got cut: And that was I started speaking out in support of same-sex rights.” YearsMindWellsEnoughWantedSexNumbersSupportCuttingRightsOne ThingChangedCoachesContractsVikingsSpeaking Out Author:Chris Kluwe
“Coming up, at 89 years old, acclaimed sculptor Gerson Frank was finally able to marry his longtime partner, Bill. Their relationship has covered three decades and seen many changes in gay rights, but Gerson never viewed himself as an activist.” YearsAbleThreeRightsGayBillsDecadesPartnersActivistCoveredFrankGay RightsSculptors Author:Jennifer Lopez
“This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have served to constrain abuses of power for more than 200 years. The Supreme Court is relied upon by all of to us protect our fundamental rights.” YearsLibertyRightsRiskBalanceProtectAbuseFundamentalsCourtProtectionSupremeChecksSupreme CourtAbuse Of PowerConstrainFundamental Rights Author:Patrick Leahy