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  • [There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all inquisitions that are concerned with the private life and the political affiliations of the citizens.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , War Quotes , Rights Quotes
  • The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Rights Quotes , Self Quotes
  • We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Rights Quotes , Iran Quotes
  • The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces different first principles, making debate impossible: and debate is the life of democracy; (3) because the fading of the images of sacred persons leaves a man too prone to be a respecter of earthly persons; (4) because there will be more, not less, respect for human rights if they can be treated as divine rights.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Men Quotes , Rights Quotes
  • The question of perpetual copyright is, in my judgement, entitled to the full and favorable consideration of the Congress of an enlightened republic. There would seem to be every reason for the equitable protection, without limit as to time, of the unquestioned property rights of its citizens.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Florence Earle Coates Quotes , Rights Quotes , Judgement Quotes
  • Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Rights Quotes , Tyrants Quotes
  • The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al Sharpton Quotes , Rights Quotes , Law Quotes
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms. Ironically, the section on women's rights was added by a senator from Virginia who opposed the whole thing and was said to be sure that if he stuck something about womens' rights into it, it would never pass. The bill passed anyway, though, much to the chagrin of a certain wiener from Virginia.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Selzer Quotes , Rights Quotes , Virginia Quotes