How to use "rights" in a sentence

And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality

"Resolved: that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes."

All profess to be content in the Union if all Constitutional rights can be maintained

All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them

In the field of world policy, I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor: the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others; the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

The famous Pennsylvania Alexander's had always been prominently associated with the struggle for minority civil rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, the crusade against capital punishment, and social idealisms of every variety

The aim of the Brotherhood is to stop the abuse of power and to maintain the rights of the people

Women's rights start with the education of girls and women

Her books have been very important for women's rights, and they are still important today.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is very important in the history of women's rights

Women and human rights

What are human rights? Having human rights means that we are all equal in society

We are born with our human rights

Examples of human rights are the right to vote; the right to think and speak freely; and the right to free education

Human rights mean that people are not put into prison because they do not agree with the government, and that people are not hurt when they are in prison

It does not matter what gender or race you are, or how rich you are - you have the same rights

Human rights are a very important part of democracy.

There have been many women who have fought for human rights in different countries

She often spoke about the freedom of the slaves and women's rights

Harriet Tubman led the way for another famous fighter for human rights, Rosa Parks

What Rosa did on that bus was very important in the fight for black people's rights in the USA.

Today, there are still many women fighting for human rights in different parts of the world

In 2003, Shirin was given the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in democracy and human rights, and for fighting for the rights of women and children

Now, she travels around the world speaking about human rights.

Rigoberta Menchu is also an important woman who fought for the rights of Indigenous people in her country

After leaving school, Rigoberta worked against human rights crimes by Guatemalan soldiers from 1960 to 1996, during a war in the country

While in Mexico, Rigoberta continued to fight for Indigenous people's rights in Guatemala

Rigoberta and these other women have fought for the rights of women, but also for the rights of all humans.

Both her mother and her father believed in women's rights.

On 2nd July 1928, women were given equal voting rights with men they could vote at the age of twenty-one

The Saudi professor and women's rights leader was driven to the voting station because women were not allowed to drive in 2015

They are fighting for women to get an education and for women to have equal rights when they get married

She was the leader of the Arab women's rights movement.

In many European countries, married women still had very few rights

But it's not true; women all over the world are still fighting for their rights.

In Parliament, she talked about women's rights

Hillary is a lawyer, and in her career, she has worked hard for the rights of women and of families

In a talk in 1995, she said, "Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." She said that a country cannot be great if its women are not free

She spoke about the rights of women in the world

When Billie Jean King was twelve years old, she decided that she wanted to fight for equal rights for girls and women

Billie Jean knew that the match was very important for women's rights.