Rights : (591) " In the beginning, the U.S. government was happy with its secret operations, since it thought it had managed to gather all the evils of the world in GTMO, and had circumvented U.S. law and international treaties so that it could perform its revenge. But then it realised, after a lot of painful work, that it had gathered a bunch of non-combatants. " - Mohamedou Ould Slahi " The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of incredible grief and incredible rage. And that verdict not only let George Zimmerman go home to his family, but it sent a message to black people everywhere that our lives did not matter. " - Alicia Garza " I don’t want to be treated outside the rule of law. And I don’t want people from this part of the world, specifically North Africa and the Middle East, to be seen as underhumans, as people who are not deserving of human rights and being subjected to the rule of law, what I call open season. I don’t want that anymore. " - Mohamedou Ould Slahi " I didn’t think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing. " - Fred Korematsu " The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. " - John Locke " I think one of the people that’s done the most for the gay movement is Ellen DeGeneres. " - LP " I’ve got a mortgage, and we’ve got three kids we work hard to take care of. I believe that we deserve a seat at the table, too, to represent the voices of everyday people. " - Andrew Gillum " Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution. " - Robert Casey " I’m sorry I’m not gay or Jewish, so I don’t have a special interest group of journalists that support me. " - Vincent Gallo " Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence. " - Linda Chavez