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  • The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Men Quotes , Rights Quotes
  • When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism, it creates an environment that is ripe for terrorists to exploit. When peaceful, democratic change is impossible, it feeds into the terrorist propaganda that violence is the only answer available.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Change Quotes , Rights 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.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Sharpton Quotes , Rights Quotes , Law 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
  • May the time not be far off when all other European nations will come to the realisation that the primary necessity is putting an end to the quarrels and strife of centuries and of building up of a finer community of all peoples is: The recognition of a higher common duty arising out of common rights?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Rights Quotes , Building Up 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
  • I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree that the average man has turned the rights and wrongs of things entirely around and is proud to be "consistent," unchanging, immovable, fossilized, where it should be his humiliation.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Men Quotes , Rights 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