
Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we've messed up our relationships? —
Nick Hornby

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. —
Imelda Marcos

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. —
Chen Shui-bian

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people. —
Aung San Suu Kyi

A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man. —
Massad Ayoob

Always in your stomach and in your skin there was a sort of protest, a feeling that you had been cheated of something you had a right to. —
George Orwell

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt. —
Mohamed ElBaradei

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others. —
Sharon Anthony Bower

The three basic material rights
continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. —
David Brin

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our
basic rights. —
Sonia Sotomayor

A basic component of individual rights is the right to own property. —
Russell Shorto

It's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same
basic rights as someone else. —
Jon Stewart

Ironically, to my children, bedtime is a punishment that violates their
basic rights as human beings. —
Jim Gaffigan

When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights. —
Jimmy Carter

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our
basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want. —
Tim Berners-Lee