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I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. -- Andrew Cuomo
When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism. -- Shirin Ebadi
The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories. -- Daisaku Ikeda
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system. -- Barbara Boxer
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future. -- Carol Bellamy
Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education. -- Rod Blagojevich
Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education. -- John Bruton
When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights. -- Omar Bongo
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us. -- Daisaku Ikeda
As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken criticism of their extremist attacks on public education and voting rights, to name just two examples. -- Wendy Davis
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. -- Lech Walesa
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen. -- Kerry Washington
We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote. -- Bayard Rustin
Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes. -- Adora Svitak
People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace. -- Malala Yousafzai
Young people have this almost romantic attachment to civil rights, liberties, emancipating people from oppression, etc. The idea that such oppression exists in this country offends me, but it's able to be pushed and sold because education in this country is so woefully incompetent and inept. -- Rush Limbaugh
We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that. -- Muhammad Yunus
The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights. -- Malala Yousafzai
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Education is the civil rights issue of our generation. -- Arne Duncan
Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today. -- Michelle Obama
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more. -- John Ortberg
Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction. -- Frances Wright
An intensive human rights education for all communities needs to be provided to overcome the old prejudices. -- Ruth Manorama
I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement. -- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Education entails the development of body and mind towards getting whatever you want without violating the rights of others. -- Godwin Elendu Ph.D
Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights. -- Laura Bush
A word says more than a thousand images. Exercises for the visually inclined: illustrate "appreciation", "humor", "software", "education", "inalienable rights", "elegance", "fact". -- Erik Naggum
Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor. -- Jimmy Carter
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights. -- Susan L. Taylor
Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men...They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty. -- Robert Owen
Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything. -- Ronald Reagan
Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and proper nutrition. -- Marian Wright Edelman
The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century. -- Jack Kemp
It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels. -- Bill Drayton

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