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"The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial."
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"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."

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."

"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"

"Not being treated as equal IS oppression."

"Never kill yourself because you are too poor to feed your children or your family. You are a part of this world, and the country you live on it. It is your right to be happy, educated and with your children and family. You must fight for your rights, kill for your rights but never die for them."

"The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords."

"Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum."

"The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy."
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"Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals."

"The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings."

"Those who have been outspoken in advocating human rights during these last forty years, have themselves grabbed the most fundamental of human rights from the people of the Third-World countries."

"The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial."
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