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It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights
even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down. — John F. Kennedy

Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians. — Gore Vidal

As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed. — Glenn Reynolds

The heavy warlike losses of the AIDS years were relegated to queer studies classrooms, taught as gay history and not American history. — Alysia Abbott

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up. — Martha Griffiths

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights. — Jean O'Leary

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows. — Zoe Lofgren

But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people. — David Duke

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen. — Dean Rusk

American women rock on both fields: bed and on the green grass. — Santosh Kalwar

I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights. — David Duke

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. — William Jennings Bryan

The American moron's mind simply does not run in that direction; he wants to keep his Ford, even at the cost of losing the Bill of Rights — H.L. Mencken

In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American context. — Trevor Noah

When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult, — James Meredith

American liberals today are hesitant to speak out against the denial of rights that is perpetrated in the name of Islam. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget. — Bill T. Jones

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi. — Paul Farmer

Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves. — Andy Rooney

Segregation in the American South was bankrolled by the wealthy eugenicist from the Northeast, Wickliffe Draper. — A.E. Samaan

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. — Michael Anti

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. — Dionne Warwick

Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss. — Pat Paulsen

As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities. — Jose Andres

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. — John Ashcroft

American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them. — Bernard B. Kerik

I don't think about politics," Rabbit says. "That's one of my Goddam precious American rights, not to think about politics. — John Updike

If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger issues for Americans. — Jack Nicholson

Just because I like to suck cock doesn't make me any less American than Jesse Helms. — Allen Ginsberg

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. — Rand Paul

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. — Bernie Sanders

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. — Nat King Cole

Maintaining the balance of power should be as fundamental to American foreign policy as the Bill of Rights is to domestic policy. — George Friedman

The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants. — Harry Allen Overstreet

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