"We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve."
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"The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers."
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"I would ask Donald Trump why every single person in his cabinet has spoken out publicly - and his vice president - against gay rights, and he's never said anything about that."
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"I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And to be a peace marcher, an activist for civil rights, peace and justice."
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"At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights."
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"Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside."
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"Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice."
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"We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions."
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"All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people."
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"I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights."
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"There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League for Democracy believe that human rights are of universal relevance. But even those who do not believe in human rights must certainly agree that the rule of law is most important. Without the rule of law there can be no peace."
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"The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals."
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"A man's rights are not violated by a private individual's refusal to deal with him."
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"Man’s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from pursuing his own goals, or compel him to act against his own rational judgment."
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"The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others."
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"Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can and does mean only one thing: a promise to enslave the men who produce, for the benefit of those who don’t."
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"Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men."
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"Man holds these rights [life, liberty and property], not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as a barrier which the Collective cannot cross... these rights are man's protection against all other men."
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"Any group or "collective", large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members."
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"My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color were what they cared about most in the world."
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