The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
There is no single right answer or path forward, but there is one right way to frame the problem.
I have no right to judge anyone, but I have the right to love everyone.
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
Unfortunately, some of our poor choices are irreversible, but many are not. Often, we can change course and get back on the right track.
Conservatives don't need to change core convictions to embrace the growing support for equal rights for gay Americans.
It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
I believe health care is a civil right.
We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.
One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.
I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.
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.
