Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
America’s founding ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more-and nothing less. The rest-everything that America achieved, everything she became, everything… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully - and two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone interfering with the collection of urine samples… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“One of my greatest fears is family decline.There’s an old Chinese saying that “prosperity can never last for three generations.” I’ll bet… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise between freedom and government controls; to accept 'just a few controls' is to surrender the principle of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may… — Baron de Montesquieu 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
“The real issues are whether the power of Western Civilization, as God has permitted it to flower in our own beloved lands,… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The social model of the Bolsheviks failed, as will any model that denies individual rights, intellectual freedom, and freedom of competing political… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
How do we have a society that maximizes peace, civility and well-being for everyone? How do we have a system of individual… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power… — Lucan Copy Share Image
By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes… — John Hospers Copy Share Image
The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Throughout his career, Bloomberg has repeatedly shown blatant disrespect for individual rights and civil liberties. The first thing that comes to mind… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
“The French Revolution gave history its first instance of modern leftist illiberalism -- an embrace of tyranny in the name of the… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
“On Election Day, we select our representatives by secret ballot, and we choose our candidates based on their ability to protect our… — Andrew P. Napolitano Copy Share Image
