Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution;… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“By the way we also hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they have been… — Nicanor Parra Copy Share Image
When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers believed that our Creator gave us certain inalienable rights. The Pledge of Allegiance simply reinforces the beliefs that led… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move to restrict our rights...… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Factual information alone isn't sufficient to guide you through life's labyrinthine tests. You need and deserve regular deliveries of uncanny revelation. One… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“We hated not knowing something. We hated not knowing who was going to walk Spanish down the hall. How would our bills… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things.… — Sister Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“...[M]an and generally any rational being exists as an end in himself, not merely as a means to be arbitrarily used by… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities as long as he… — S.T. Joshi Copy Share Image
In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Too many Americans now believe that the checks they receive every month from the unemployment office - like the checks they get… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“One of your inalienable rights as a human being should be to receive a mysteriously useful omen every day of your life.… — Jake Ducey Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
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