One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.
But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.
I believe that it is girls' human rights to go to school to be educated, minimum, until they are 18.
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.
Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.
Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.
There will never be "the right time" in your life to do a great thing. You must create that time and greatness will follow.
You know, the ukulele itself is not a very loud instrument, all right? And, you know, compared to like a trumpet, right? A trumpet is really loud.
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.
The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality.
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.
It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.
At 'Price Is Right,' people feel so safe there and loved. And if you can't jump around on 'Price is Right,' then you can't jump around anywhere, you know?
What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.
There's a flipside to this; if you as an individual have the right to live on your own terms, you must have the right to both succeed and fail on them.
