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title: "7 Government Rights Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Government Rights quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Government Rights sayings and thoughts."
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> [The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-government-was-set-to-protect-man-from-criminals-and-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/if-government-can-give-you-rights-government-can-take-them-away-from/)

[Roy Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/roy-moore-12528_away_if-government-can-give-you-rights-govern_323302.jpg)

> [GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/government-has-no-rights-it-is-a-delegation-from-several-individuals/)

[Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/)

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> [The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-source-of-the-government-s-authority-is-the-consent-of-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/indeed-in-a-free-government-almost-all-other-rights-would-become/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

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> [In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/in-a-free-government-the-security-for-civil-rights-must-be-the-same-3/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [“My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/my-rights-are-not-derived-from-any-government-my-rights-are-not/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/joe-biden-454_civil-rights_my-rights-are-not-derived-from-any-gover_2851724.jpg)

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