Quotes About Rights

Freedom of expression does not judge its own opinion."

I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.

Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word "freedom" should ever be more than an empty political slogan.

One cannot equate "capitalism" and "democracy.

With that single previous exception, the original Constitution and its first seventeen amendments limited the activities of government, not of citizens. Now there were two exceptions: you couldn't own slaves, and you couldn't buy alcohol.

With that single previous exception, the original Constitution and its first seventeen amendments limited the activities of government, not of citizens. Now there were two exceptions: you couldn't

Two legal maxims often helped guide their opinions: salus populi suprema lex est ("the welfare of the people is the supreme law") and sic utere tuo ("so use your right that you injure not the rights of others").

Ironically, the Democrats' great insistence on the natural equality of all white men prompted them to make a more glaring exception of non-whites. Taking seriously the motto "all men are created equal," Democrats called into question the very humanity of nonwhites in order to keep them unequal.

The man is free who is protected from injury.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.

Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt is poor. Countries such as Great Britain and the United States became rich because their citizens overthrew the elites who controlled power and created a society where political rights were much more broadly distributed, where the government was accountable and responsive to citizens, and where the great mass of people could take advantage of economic opportunities.

Inclusive economic institutions require secure property rights and economic opportunities not just for the elite but for a broad cross-section of society.

Studies show that more than 90 percent of juveniles who are interrogated by police don't wait to talk to a lawyer and don't understand the rights the police have read them.

True freedom has its limits, which are the rights of others. God

I want justice for Bernie!

Freedom resides first in the people without need of a grant from government.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

This really isn't fair," Mena said. "What is 'fair'?" asked one of the watchers called Devoth. "I don't know this word.

U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for forced sterilization in 1927 by upholding the state of Virginia's program. The case centered on the forced sterilization of a white woman

The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.

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