Quotes About Rights

And I think we as a people need to stop being disingenuous about what the Constitution provides for. It does not provide for this all-encompassing power that we've seen exercised over the last several decades. It's what's gotten us into this bankrupt position.

The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.

There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Punjab believes that every province has equal rights, and when all provinces will make progress, Pakistan will make progress.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

No student should be forced to choose between following her faith and enjoying the benefits of a public education.

There's public health risks to doing large political gatherings, but in this country - and we do still live in America - we protect the right to free speech and we protect the right to political discourse and political events.

Public housing is off-limits to you if you have been convicted of a felony. For a minimum of five years, you are deemed ineligible for public housing once you've been branded a felon. Discrimination in private housing market's perfectly legal.

In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.

I accept you need the right balance, people do need to know their privacy is protected, but when it's essential information which will be dealt with by security agencies... I do feel the public interest overrides that.

The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning.

Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.

There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there's another group that just hates the Second Amendment.

Some of my colleagues argue that by further curtailing our Second Amendment rights, they can enhance public safety. Fine, the burden of proof is on them.

Restoring the right to vote to individuals who have served their term in prison is also a common-sense public safety measure.

Parents have absolutely every right to express their opinions at public school board meetings concerning their children's education.

Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms.

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like.

I know that I have the right freely to speak and publish my sentiments, subject only to the laws of the land for the abuse of that right.

We were right to say from the outset that E.U. citizens should not be treated as bargaining chips but should have their rights guaranteed immediately. We were right to call on the government to publish a plan for Brexit.

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published.

Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and the publisher of the song - not the singer - and make two separate deals.