rights Quotes

And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.

Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

No one is pro-abortion.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.