He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power.
I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber - as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals - are Christians but we journalists don't identify them by their religion.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!
There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.
The technology actually seemed to come at just the right time to make the Hulk - Mark Ruffalo was really able to play both characters.
I love the idea of 'the one' but I actually believe that there isn't a Miss Right. There are 12,000 Miss Rights out there and it's all timing.
Again, like I said, I went out to play the game of baseball because I love to play it. I did it right. I did it the right way. I worked hard doing it.
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.
After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.
I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
