The right of voting for representatives , is the primary…

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce…

— Thomas Paine

The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.

— Anonymous

Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again.

— Dianne Feinstein

Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

This case is not about whether marriages between same-sex couples are consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of a particular religion, whether such marriages…

— Barbara Brandriff Crabb

The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our God-given rights,…

— Paul Broun

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

— Novak Djokovic

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded,…

— Paul Martin

I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as…

— Paul Martin

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

— Tommy Shaw

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned,…

— Gerrit Smith

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

— Lord Hailsham

In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary…

— Paul Ryan

“Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exceptional severity…

— Winston S. Churchill

The first right of every human being is the right of self-defense. Without that right, all other rights are meaningless. The right of self-defense…

— Larry Craig