Quotes about Rights
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.
— John Milton
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
— Ayn Rand
The unborn baby, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and should not be robbed of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy.
— John Calvin
'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations.
— Dennis Prager
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.
— Millard Fillmore
In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.
— James Madison
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
— Thomas Jefferson
The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while it tramples our rights and dignity.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
— Jimmy Carter