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"I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect."
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"Not being treated as equal IS oppression."
"The principle is twofold, do not forget. The book, as a book, belongs to the author, but as a thought, it belongs " the word is not too extreme " to the human race. All intelligences, all minds, are eligible, all own it. If one of these two rights, the right of the writer and the right of the human mind, were to be sacrificed, it would certainly be the right of the writer, because the public interest is our only concern, and that must take precedence in anything that comes before us."
"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."
"Your right in a civilized society is to have freedom."
"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"
"It is more informative how we treat things with no defined legal rights, than how we treat things with legal rights."
"If I am ever unexpectedly stopped in my car by the police, my response after pulling over in a populated area is to politely and clearly inform them that I am unarmed, I am recording everything, if they want to take me to the police station that they will need to appoint a lawyer, and I am now using my USA federal right to silence."
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"Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum."
"My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family."
"The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that."
"I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia."
"I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate."
"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."
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