It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.
Education is not Democrat versus Republican. It's about doing the right things for the right reason for our kids.
The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.
George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
I've had some great examples in my career of how to do things the right way.
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.
As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.
Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.
When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.
It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.
I love the gray area between right and wrong.
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.
I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.
There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
