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Rights Quotes

On dignity, ownership, and rights still being won.

These rights quotes cover real ground — a genuinely good year for transgender rights, contested ownership of a trademark, and quiet discomfort with titles like 'human rights defender' even when earned. The collection sits alongside Human quotes on shared dignity and protection.

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

Quotes by Adrian Cronauer

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

Quotes by Adrian Cronauer

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

About Quotes

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

Quotes by Adam Ferguson

A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Country Quotes

Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

Quotes by Aaron McGruder

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

Quotes by Zoey Tur

I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

Quotes by Zainab Salbi

It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

Quotes by Yvette Clarke

Government Quotes

The civil rights movement was not a mirage… It was live and in living color.

Quotes by Yolanda King

Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.

Quotes by Yahya Jammeh

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.

Quotes by William Wells Brown

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

Quotes by William Perry

The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.

Quotes by William Odom

Human Quotes

I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents who were there exercising their constitutional rights.

Quotes by William Lacy Clay, Jr.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about transgender rights progress?
Yes — a short, affirming one: "2014 was a good year for transgender rights." presented as that speaker's own assessment of that particular year.
Is there a quote about "rights" in the sense of trademarks, not civil rights?
Yes — a different meaning of the word entirely: "Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air," referring to intellectual-property rights over a video game franchise.
What does the "human rights defender" quote say?
It's a candid, self-effacing reflection: "The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing."
Is there a quote about advancing women's rights?
Yes: "I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement." — the speaker's own stated conclusion about what's needed for progress.
Where can I find more quotes specifically about human rights?
The Human Rights quotes page is dedicated entirely to that theme, while Human quotes and Government quotes cover adjacent ground.

Another line calls for building a truly global movement behind women's rights, treating it as unfinished work rather than a settled cause. See Country or Government quotes for related civic themes.