You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.
I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.
Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.
I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.
I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.
All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs, but to teach my faith to my children and to share it with anyone who will listen - that is my right, too.
I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life.
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities.
