I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.
I'm a lifetime member of the NRA.
If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights.
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.
Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness.
I not only advocate it now, but have advocated it earnestly for the last fifty years. As to the militant suffragettes, I have noted that many women believe in militant methods. You might advocate one way of securing the rights and I might advocate another, they both might help to bring about the result desired. To win freedom always involves hard fighting. I believe in women doing what they deem necessary to secure their rights.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?
The theory of animal rights simply is not consistent with the theory of animal welfare... Animal rights means dramatic social changes for humans and non-humans alike; if our bourgeois values prevent us from accepting those changes, then we have no right to call ourselves advocates of animal rights.
You can't fight for your rights if you don't know what they are.
I take gun rights very personally.
Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right - but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle.
I will only stop defending the rights of workers when I die.
Two years later he was assassinated.
I care about people's human rights and, as a country, we have a very proud record indeed. But I'm also realistic about what we can do... we can raise those issues with leaders and we can talk about those issues, and we do that.
Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases.
You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.
I'd like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.
The discriminations that are found in the Muslim majority countries are more Cultural than Islamic. .... I have always said to the Muslim women, please do not nurture the victim mentality. Stand up for your rights.
The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.
I'm actually a huge fan of changing every single 'anti-Trump' sentiment to 'pro-human rights' because they are synonymous.
When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.