Quotes About Rights

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression.

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death.

Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

In America, freedom and justice have always come from the ballot box, the jury box, and when that fails, the cartridge box.

The only true law is that which leads to freedom.

America stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.

Where there is no law there is no freedom.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

No man can given anybody his freedom.

I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

Real freedom must include economic security.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

I want freedom, the right to self-expression , everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things.

True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear.

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.