Rights Quotes - Page 5

• They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Happiness, Peace

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270

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• May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

  Peter Marshall

  Inspirational, Freedom, 4th Of July

  "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness: An American Muslim Perspective" by Zainab Chaudry, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 4, 2016.

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• The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.

  Ayn Rand

  Independent, Men, Law

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.76, Penguin

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• I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Novelists, Philosopher

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.78, Penguin

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  As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Truth, Writing, Character

  "The Quentin Tarantino race debate isn't black and white" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

  Cory Doctorow

  Happiness, Men, Power

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.235, Tor Teen

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• If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.

  Tariq Ali

  Simple, Government, Should Have

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• We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to.

  Harriet Taylor Mill

  Women, History, Feminist

  John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). “Essays on Sex Equality”, p.100, University of Chicago Press

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• We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Stories, Narrative

  Neil Gaiman (2002). “Adventures in the Dream Trade”, N E S F A Press

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• Workers' rights should be a central focus of development.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Focus, Development, Should

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Respect, Freedom, Equality

  Third Annual Message to Congress, 7 Dec. 1903. "No one is above the law" appears in the U.S. Supreme Court case Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) (arguments of counsel). Even earlier, "no officer ... is above the law" is found in a Kentucky Supreme Court case, Johnston v. Commonwealth (1809).

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• People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

  Velupillai Prabhakaran

  Giving Up, People, Causes

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• The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Men, Law Courts, Liberty

  Olmstead v. United States (dissenting opinion) (1928) See Brandeis 1

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  It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

  Susan B. Anthony

  Strong Women, Equality, White

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.

  Theodore Dalrymple

  Gratitude, Justice, Good Man

  Theodore Dalrymple (2001). “Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass”, Ivan R Dee

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• The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.

  Woodrow Wilson

  People, Independence, United States

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

  Nicole Kidman

  Women, Domestic Violence, Against Violence

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• People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

  Richard Gere

  Animal, People, Campaigns

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• A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

  Lucretia Mott

  Children, Humans, Human Beings

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• The religion of Islam actually restores one's human feelings, human rights, human incentives, human, his talent.

  Malcolm X

  Religion Of Islam, Feelings, Incentives

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

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• You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities.

  David Remnick

  Cities, Civil Rights, Losing

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

  Mary Robinson

  Government, Accountability, Structure

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

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• We will save our sovereign rights as a nation.

  Donald Trump

  Sovereign, Nations

  Donald Trump's Speech Responding To Assault Accusations, www.npr.org. October 13, 2016.

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• Women should have the same rights and respect and paychecks and everything, you know, they're human beings.

  Bianca Balti

  Should Have, Paychecks, Humans

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Human rights takes history out of justice.

  Arundhati Roy

  Justice, Human Rights, Humans

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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