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Quotes About Rights

No man can justly impose anything upon those who owe him nothing. . . . Whosoever therefore . . . grounds his pretensions of right upon usurpation and tyranny, declares himself to be, like Nimrod, a usurper and a tyrant, that is an enemy to God and man, and to have no right at all.
~ Algernon Sidney
Haylin was given a good talking-to by the headmaster and made to write a paper about workers' rights, which he considered a privilege rather than a punishment. He was obligated to write ten pages, and handed in a tome of nearly fifty pages instead, duly footnoted, quoting from Thomas Paine and FDR. He couldn't wait for the next decade. Everything would change in the sixties, he told Franny. And, if they were lucky, they would then be free.
~ Alice Hoffman
no one is entitled to anything other than his freedom and the choices he makes.
~ Alice Hoffman
I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species.
~ Alice Steinbach
Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
I wish I could be traveling with her, but thank God she able to do it. Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
Gli animali della terra esistono per se stessi. Non sono stati fatti per gli umani, così come i negri non sono stati fatti per i bianchi, né le donne per gli uomini
~ Alice Walker
Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
Others who were always within their rights to pay him practically nothing for his labor.
~ Alice Walker
I wish I could be traveling with her, but thank God she able to do it. Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.
~ Alice Walker
The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people.
~ Amartya Sen
Litigation – A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
~ Ambrose Bierce
BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
~ Ambrose Bierce
rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient faith commands
~ Ambrose Bierce
If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.
~ Ami McKay
If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.
~ Ami McKay
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution. My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist. They were given to me and each of my fellow citizens by our creator, and they represent the essence of human dignity.
~ Joe Biden
Healthy American boobies, that's what we're fighting for," he said. "That needs to be in the Constitution. Every man has a right to life, liberty, and germ-free titties. Learn the drill, girls. If we show up at your front door, be ready to do your patriotic duty and show us your freedom-loving, virus-free knockers." The
~ Joe Hill
America Where a man can say what he thinks, if he isn't afraid of his wife, his boss, his customer, his neighbors, or the government.
~ Joe Moore
Americans care more about the rights of animals than about what happens to us!
~ Joe Sacco
I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
~ Joel Osteen