We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights read more
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights read more
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a read more
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the read more
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong read more
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be read more
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
