Quotes About Rights

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

I personally have always been in favor of people who are gay being permitted to marry legally - and I still feel that way.

People should never be permitted to feel comfortable while trampling the rights of others.

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.

The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.

Nevertheless, I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

What, I ask, has the fixed and solid nature of the earth to do with the right of appropriation? (...) But the creator of the land does not sell it: he gives it; and, in giving it, he is no respecter of persons. Why, then, are some of his children regarded as legitimate, while others are treated as bastards? If the equality of shares was an original right, why is the inequality of conditions a posthumous right?

For some time they talked of reformation; those who apparently desired it most favoring it only for their own profit, and the people who were to be the gainers expecting little and saying nothing. For a long time these poor people, either from distrust, incredulity, or despair, hesitated to ask for their rights: it is said that the habit of serving had taken the courage away from those old communes, which in the middle ages were so bold.

Society was saved by the negation of its own principles, by a revolution in its religion, and by violation of its most sacred rights. In this revolution, the idea of justice spread to an extent that had not before been dreamed of, never to return to its original limits. Heretofore justice had existed only for the masters; it then commenced to exist for the slaves.

All the most reasonable teachings of human wisdom concerning justice are summed up in that famous adage: Do unto others that which you would that others should do unto you; Do not unto others that which you would not that others should do unto you. But this rule of moral practice is unscientific: what have I a right to wish that others should do or not do to me? It is of no use to tell me that my duty is equal to my right, unless I am told at the same time what my right is.

Yes: all men believe and repeat that equality of conditions is identical with equality of rights; that property and robbery are synonymous terms; that every social advantage accorded, or rather usurped, in the name of superior talent or service, is iniquity and extortion. All men in their hearts, I say, bear witness to these truths; they need only to be made to understand it.

We must recognize, and loudly proclaim, that every one, whatever his grade in the old society, whether strong or weak, capable or incapable, has, before everything, THE RIGHT TO LIVE, and that society is bound to share amongst all, without exception, the means of existence it has at its disposal.

The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

We all want our FREEDOM, but (unfortunately) most of us think that it comes FREE.

kau harus bertindak terhadap siapa saja yang mengambil seluruh atau sebagian dari milikmu, sekali pun hanya segumpil batu yang tergeletak di bawah jendela. Bukan karena batu itu sangat berharga bagimu. Azasnya: mengambil milik tanpa ijin: pencurian; itu tidak benar, harus dilawan.

Perempuan itu harta, musti turut lelaki punya mau - Siti F. Yang Ditemui Di Pulau Buru

Mereka membela apa yang mereka anggap menjadi haknya tanpa mengindahkan maut. Semua orang, sampai pun kanak-kanak! Mereka kalah, tapi tetap melawan. Melawan, Minke, dengan segala kemampuan dan ketakmampuan.

Mereka membela apa yang menjadi haknya tanpa mengindahkan maut.

Siapa pun melanggar hak-hak pribadi akan sahaya tantang, Bunda, apalagi hanya seorang abang.