Quotes by Rights Short of preventing harm to the child, the standard of 'best interest of the child' is insufficient to serve as a compelling state interest overruling a parent's fundamental rights.... To suggest otherwise would be the logical equivalent to asserting that the state has the authority to break up stable families and redistribute its infant population to provide each child with the 'best family.' It is not within the province of the state to make significant decisions concerning the custody of children merely because it could make a 'better' decision. Barbara Madsen adoption rights children The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable Barbara Mikulski military rights america The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out. Barney Frank gay rights writing I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda. Barney Frank gay rights running I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform. Barney Frank army rights thinking The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they've done the terrible things. Barney Frank done rights people There were a lot of Romneys. There's the Romney who was going to be better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy; now there's a Romney who checks with Rick Santorum on that issue. Barney Frank issues gay rights Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners. Barry Goldwater owners unions rights Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs. Barry W. Lynn powerful religious rights We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus theres a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And thats totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out. Bart Stupak rights law believe On the whole it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate. Basmah bint Saud arabia citizens rights In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with the same rights. What Muslims call tolerance is nothing other than discrimination. Bassam Tibi rights christian mean You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people. Therefore join the movement as individuals against anti-Semitism, join the movements for the rights of Hispanics, the rights of women, the rights of gays. In other words, I think that each movement has to stand on its own feet because it has a particular agenda, but it can ask other people. Bayard Rustin gay rights thinking Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer true. The barometer for judging the character of people in regard to human rights is now those who consider themselves gay, homosexual, lesbian. Bayard Rustin gay rights character There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also corrupts. Bayard Rustin movement strong rights The laws of England will protect the rights of British subjects, and give a remedy for a grievance committed by one British subject upon another, in whatever country that may be done. Bayley rights law country I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights. Beau Garrett environmental rights animal The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. Bell Hooks rights justice country ... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights. Bell Hooks support black rights Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family. Bella Abzug abortion political rights «1920212223242526272829»