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Quotes About Rights

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
~ Patricia Ireland
I feel so lucky that I live in a society that lets women be. I think that's the one of the biggest fights to keep having, is to fight for women to have the right to live their life the way they want to live it.
~ Clemence Poesy
They say Kejriwal fights a lot. Yes I do, but not for my wife or children. I fight for your rights. So you tell me, should I fight or not?
~ Arvind Kejriwal
I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.
~ Bryan Burrough
We don't want our government building files on what people think about their government.
~ Matt Apuzzo
The final line in the Second Amendment says, 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' That means not by the president, not by Congress.
~ Chuck Norris
Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
~ Bob Barr
I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.
~ Gary Johnson
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
~ Wendy Davis
No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion.
~ Israel Folau
I am a firm believer in slavery.
~ Brigham Young
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
~ James Madison
The First Amendment means everything to me.
~ Julian Bond
The First Amendment does not give you the right to commit a crime.
~ Jeanine Pirro
The First Amendment doesn't give anybody the right to be heard. People don't have to listen to you.
~ Rush Limbaugh
I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.
~ Seymour Hersh
I believe in the First Amendment.
~ Ajit Pai
The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.
~ Anthony Lewis
The First Amendment is not without limits.
~ Jerry Falwell
The future of the Second Amendment depends on the free exercise of the First Amendment.
~ Wayne LaPierre
Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment.
~ Wayne LaPierre
People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to present their content as they see fit.
~ Jonathan Zittrain
The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.
~ Terry Bradshaw
Protesters can't violate First Amendment rights. Only the government can do that.
~ Kirsten Powers