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• To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel, when setting one’s stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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• Don’t fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

  Joyce Brothers

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• In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

  Thurgood Marshall

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• To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

  G. K. Chesterton

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• The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.

  Bill Copeland

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• If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

  Mary Lyon

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• A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era.

  Ivan Allen Jr.

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• I’m a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights.

  Portia Simpson-Miller

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• I’m just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.

  Brendan Fraser

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• The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech.

  Peter Barton Wilson

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• The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes.

  Boris Trajkovski

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• By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.

  O. Henry

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• I remember right after Carter got elected, I was sitting in my apartment in Albany, CA, on a Saturday listening to people call Carter and ask stupid questions while I designed the screen editor.

  Bill Joy

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• The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights.

  Frank Gaffney

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• I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn’t be so outspoken.

  Betty Ford

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• But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.

  Gerrit Smith

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• The Saudi government’s denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia’s economic development, modernization and prosperity.

  Barbara Boxer

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• With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It’s not good enough to think, ‘This is the best we can expect from this president’.

  Barbara Boxer

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• The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

  Fiona Shaw

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• When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

  Tommy Shaw

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