I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles and platform crowded to overflowing. He held that vast audience for three hours so completely entranced that when he left the platform no one moved, until suddenly, with loud cheers and applause, they recalled him. He returned smiling and said: 'I'm glad you called me back, as I have something more to say. Can you stand another half-hour?' 'Yes: an hour, two hours, all night,' was shouted from various parts of the house; and he talked on until midnight, with unabated vigor, to the delight of his audience. This was the greatest triumph of oratory I had ever witnessed. It was the first time he delivered his matchless speech, 'The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child'.
I have heard the greatest orators of this century in England and America; O'Connell in his palmiest days, on the Home Rule question; Gladstone and John Bright in the House of Commons; Spurgeon, James and Stopford Brooke, in their respective pulpits; our own Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher, and Webster and Clay, on great occasions; the stirring eloquence of our anti-slavery orators, both in Congress and on the platform, but none of them ever equalled Robert Ingersoll in his highest flights.
{Stanton's comments at the great Robert Ingersoll's funeral}
Stichwörter: equality america delight speech smile admiration triumph respect honor praise chicago rights england oratory ingersoll robert-g-ingersoll robert-green-ingersoll robert-ingersoll liberty-of-man-woman-and-child matchless
One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.
Criss JamiStichwörter: morals different open-mindedness laws close-mindedness contradiction bigotry rights oneness benefit beneficial
In addition to reaching out for help, you will also need to reach within yourself. Your biggest ally will be your emotions. Through them, you will learn more about what really happened to you, how the abuse affected you, and what you need to do in order to heal. Your emotions will enable you to reclaim the self you long ago hid away.
Beverly EngelStichwörter: emotions rape healing help allies rights recovery sexual-abuse abuse abuse-survivors abuse-recovery
I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don’t believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a Godgiven right. Otherwise it’s the end of our species.
Kevin BaconStichwörter: atheism atheist rights constitution
God created us all with his love, to be equally treated.
No human being is superior over another.
Stichwörter: love equality rights superior human-being
Rights are a protection from society. But only by fulfilling their obligations to society can the individual give meaning to that protection.
(V - From Ideology Towards Equilibrium)
Stichwörter: rights
I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings.
I Have a Dream... someday the human
Stichwörter: humanity dream rights autism disability i-have-a-dream cerebral-palsy down-syndrome disabled
No despotism, no privileged monopolies, no police societies, no divine rights of the emirs or feudal landlords or shady priests and sheikhs. All had the same equal footing—the rich and the poor, the noble and the common.
Rami OllaikStichwörter: rich rights poor despotism noble divine monopoly priests common emirs feudality footing landlords police-society sheikhs
True unalienable rights do not require one to trample other unalienable rights.
J.S.B. MorseStichwörter: politics human-rights rights founding-fathers coercion legislation inalienable
It's illegal to forcefully take money from people unless you're the government. It's illegal to take someone's liberty, unless you're the government. It's illegal to kill someone, unless you're the government. Private organizations can do everything that government can do except for legally break the law.
J.S.B. MorseStichwörter: politics government force human-rights rights libertarian unalienable-rights coercion
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