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  • For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Rights Quotes , Controversial Topics Quotes
  • What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called "right to work" laws, they don't have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Rights Quotes , Talking Quotes
  • When I think of the flag.... I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes of blood to vindicate those rights, and then, in the corner, a prediction of the blue serene into which every nation may swim which stands for these great things.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Rights Quotes
  • I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it. In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire). When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Akbar Ganji Quotes , Islamic Quotes , Rights Quotes
  • [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
  • Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Rights Quotes , People Quotes