Quotes About Rights

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself.

Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to bed with Martin Luther.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

What is the essence of our America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from".

Honey, your uncle don't even have his papers right. What kind of liberties you think he has?" Aisha

We all share the right to create our own savage, as Glifford Geertz has remarked [ Out of the Garden ].

La realidad es un manojo de poemas sobre los cuales nadie reclama derechos de autor. Debajo de cada piedra, de cada baldosa, se esconde un poema.

La realidad es un manojo de poemas sobre los cuales nadie reclama derechos de autor.

Yo me digo que no, que no es el ocio lo que preciso sino el derecho a trabajar en aquello que quiero.

Que yo me sienta, todavía hoy, ingenuo e inmaduro (es decir, con sólo los defectos de la juventud y casi ninguna de sus virtudes) no significa que tenga el derecho de exhibir esa ingenuidad y esa inmadurez

Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.

In our law, a slave was a thing.