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Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people. -- Jinato Hu
In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western world really cares for the benevolence of the whole world, it will have to turn to introspection. -- Nirmala Srivastava
Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary, demand that there should be equality of condition as the fundamental basis of the society they regulate. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world. -- Maria Conchita Alonso
I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our democratic rights. And I believe that those who are good Americans would want to see this not happen and that we debate how to find a balance between the public safety and the protection of civil liberties. -- Barbara Lee
Students for a Democratic Society was also affiliated with the civil rights movement everywhere. -- Bill Ayers
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. -- Jacques Maritain
We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights. -- Akbar Ganji
Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people. -- Jinato Hu
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. -- Elijah Cummings
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for. -- Helen Suzman
The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices. -- David Blunkett
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans. -- Leopoldo Lopez
A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. -- James Bovard
Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries in the mine. -- Peter Tatchell
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo. -- David Suzuki
The question now is how best to help the Iraqi people build a democratic and free Iraqi society that ensures respect for the rights of all Iraqis. -- Mary Robinson
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. -- A. Philip Randolph
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. -- Michael Parenti
Conventions are, by nature, a party. I mean, that's why people become delegates. They come from all over the world to exercise their democratic rights and to party. -- Rob Lowe
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights -- Hubert H. Humphrey
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments. -- Aung San Suu Kyi

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