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Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights. Shirin Ebadi
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When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a president who doesn't respect human rights, don't vote for that person. Shirin Ebadi
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If you look at the origins of the postal service in the U.S., the founding fathers created it to protect democratic rights. Shiva Ayyadurai
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If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up. Sidney Buchman
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The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy. Silvia Cartwright
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When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. Simon Cowell
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One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights. Simone Weil
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I want to study law, become a lawyer, and work in Afghanistan for human rights. Sonita Alizadeh
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Being a rapper as a woman is not a good thing in Afghanistan. I kind of put my life in danger whenever I go somewhere to talk about women's rights or make music, rap, or have interviews. Sonita Alizadeh
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I don't want to be a musician forever. I want to keep going to school and become a lawyer for women's rights and also use the law to help women. Sonita Alizadeh
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I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay;' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do; I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean. Sophia Bush
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I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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Our ability to participate in government, to elect our leaders and to improve our lives is contingent upon our ability to access the ballot. We know in our heart of hearts that voting is a sacred right - the fount from which all other rights flow. Stacey Abrams
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Progress is possible, but it is fragile - and across our country, the battles for our most basic civil rights rage on. Stacey Abrams
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Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented. Stacy Schiff
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Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those rights and speak out and hold people in power in check. Stan Van Gundy
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We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are a country defined by ideals now in need of rescue. Stanley A. McChrystal
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I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me. Stanley Fish
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Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. Stella Young
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Whatever their relative valuation of the single and married states, most societies in history made sharp distinctions between those who married and those who remained single: They were seen as mutually exclusive ways of life, with different legal rights and social obligations. Stephanie Coontz
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Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they don't conform to the tastes of Upper West Side intellectuals? Use human rights as your excuse! Stephen Kinzer
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For many years as a foreign correspondent, I not only worked alongside human rights advocates, but considered myself one of them. To defend the rights of those who have none was the reason I became a journalist in the first place. Now, I see the human rights movement as opposing human rights. Stephen Kinzer
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Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them. Stephen Kinzer
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Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated genocide army to campaign freely for power. Stephen Kinzer
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Romney is a classic case of re-invention. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported government-sponsored healthcare, was sympathetic to gay rights, and opposed harsh restrictions on abortion. After measuring the difference between the Massachusetts electorate and the national one to which he must now appeal, he has reversed those positions. Stephen Kinzer
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I'm a proud vegan, whistle-blower, and animal rights activist. Steve-O
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