Robert Kennedy Quotes

I'm not pro-government at all, I'm pro-people.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.

There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Democracy has to deliver. It is not enough for people to vote. They must also eat.

After 200 years, the 1st Amendment remains only as strong, or as weak, as the citizens it is designed to protect.

Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.

In a democracy, the citizens are supposed to have all the power, and the government is supposed to be the means by which the citizens exercise that power. But when you have a surveillance state, the state has all the power, and citizens have very little.

You judge a society by how it treats its citizens. We must do our best to ensure that every child can live in comfort and security, with the best possible education.

Every time a government minister or spokesman lauds Magna Carta, let us boo or hiss. Shame them. And let us celebrate what it really means to our history: the ability of an emerging class to make demands against the state for new liberties and rights.

The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

Adults need to live in a society that is economically social, governmentally democratic, and culturally free.

Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.

Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd think a very Tory thing to do. Sadly not, under Cameron's leadership.

The taxpayer is entitled to some essential things. Families should be able to provide their children with playgrounds and find places for them in schools. There should be enough hospitals. Water should be provided to all. Surplus electricity should be available. The taxpayer should be comfortable.

Ask yourself, have you ever heard any of your PAP MPs ask the hard questions? As a Singaporean, you have a right to information that the Government is refusing to answer.

The struggle for equality is really a struggle for democracy, and that's why it's a struggle for all the population.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging.

One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.

We have to protect the rights of the American people.

No one questions the right of individuals to go to the Central Lobby to explain their views to their own Member of Parliament. It is important for those in power to hear arguments in favour of policies from all sides and ought to lead to better decision-making.

Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.