No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. —Helen Keller in Optimism More about this quote Tags: happiness rights Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: privilege rights doing right Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human beings by denying slaves the right to literacy, denying women the right to own property, and denying both the right to vote. —Gary Steiner More about this quote Tags: humanity silence rights slavery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate. —Lydia Maria Child More about this quote Tags: justice power rights dominance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness-built upon freedom-is moral, not material. we have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. —Woodrow Wilson More about this quote Tags: freedom freedom rights greatness passion America Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email