Quotes About Rights

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

We woman suffragists have a great mission - the greatest mission the world has ever known. It is to free half the human race, and through that freedom to save the rest.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

The Supreme Court kept me from my freedom.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.