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
In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing. — Terrence McNally 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
The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter… — L. Ron Hubbard 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
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
True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual. — Ronald Reagan 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
The U.S. was founded by a group of political leaders who signed a document which says, "We are endowed by our Creator… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“We are today engaged in a war. It is an economic war over our sovereignty as human beings with inalienable rights to… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
America was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has… — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights: the right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities, provided only that he does not… — H. L. Mencken 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 certain… — Thomas Jefferson 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
“Thomas Jefferson, that owner of many slaves, chose to begin the Declaration of Independence by directly contradicting the moral basis of slavery,… — David Graeber 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
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Ambrose Bierce 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
“The very notion of “natural rights” is a mere fiction, and the antitraditional and subversive use of that is well documented. There… — Julius Evola 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
Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice. — 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
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
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