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All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,
essential, and unalienable rights.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: Constitution of Massachusetts
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a
right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together
with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.
Author: Samuel Adams
Source: Statement of the Rights of Colonists, etc.
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They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy,
called the rights of man.
Author: Edmund Burke
Source: On the Army Estimates (vol. III, p. 221)
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The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all
social progress.
Author: Charles Fourier
Source: Theorie des Quatre Mouvements (vol. 2, ch. 4)
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Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in
that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
Source: Life (vol. III, p. 390)
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The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as
their equal right to breathe the air--it is a right proclaimed by
the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men
have a right to be in this world, and others no right.
Author: Henry George
Source: Progress and Poverty (bk. VII, ch. I)
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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it.
Author: Claude Arien Helvetius
Source: following the 1759 burning of De l'esprit, misquoted to Voltaire
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The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose
begins.
Author: Claude Arien Helvetius
Source: following the 1759 burning of De l'esprit, misquoted to Voltaire
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Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
Author: Claude Arien Helvetius
Source: following the 1759 burning of De l'esprit, misquoted to Voltaire
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We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Source: Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste
portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.
Author: Sir Thomas More
Source: Utopia (bk. II)
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Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like
future violations.
Author: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Source: Letter to the Earl of Shelburne
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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
Author: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Source: Letter to the Earl of Shelburne
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I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want
women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step
into the pool.
Author: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Source: Letter to the Earl of Shelburne
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No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.
Author: Gerald W. Johnson
Source: None
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Many a person seems to think it isn't enough for the government to guarantee him the pursuit of happiness. He insists it also run interference for him.
Author: Anonymous
Source: None
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The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.
Author: Hubert H. Humphrey
Source: None
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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
Author: Carl Schurz
Source: None
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No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
Author: Charles Simmons
Source: None
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It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Source: None
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Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Author: Mark Twain
Source: None
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Source: None
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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
Author: Sir William Blackstone
Source: None
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