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> [Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/man-s-rights-are-evident-branches-of-rather-than-deductions-from-the/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olympe-de-gouges/woman-is-born-free-and-lives-equal-to-man-in-her-rights-social/)

[Olympe de Gouges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olympe-de-gouges/)

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> [A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-basic-principle-of-american-justice-holds-that-a-bad-man-has-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [A man's rights are not violated by a private individual's refusal to deal with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-man-s-rights-are-not-violated-by-a-private-individual-s-refusal-to/)

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

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> [I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/i-know-nothing-of-man-s-rights-or-woman-s-rights-human-rights-are-all/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

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> [Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/capitalism-is-our-only-moral-system-all-other-systems-take-advantage/)

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

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> [The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-only-proper-purpose-of-a-government-is-to-protect-man-s-rights-4/)

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

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> [A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-man-s-rights-rest-in-three-boxes-the-ballot-box-the-jury-box-and/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

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> [The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-only-proper-moral-purpose-of-a-government-is-to-protect-man-s/)

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

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> [Is the Reformed faith opposed to human rights? Yes, very much so. It is not human rights but Divine law which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-b-jordan/is-the-reformed-faith-opposed-to-human-rights-yes-very-much-so-it-is/)

[James B. Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-b-jordan/)

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> [Man’s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/man-s-rights-can-be-violated-only-by-the-use-of-physical-force-it-is/)

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

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> [“There are no 'rights' of special groups, there are no 'rights of farmers, of workers, of businessmen, of employees, of employers, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-are-no-rights-of-special-groups-there-are-no-rights-of-farmers/)

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

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> [The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-end-of-all-political-associations-is-the-preservation-of-the/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [“He talks about human equality, the rights of man, nothing but that. How about the rights of woman, I’d like to scream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/he-talks-about-human-equality-the-rights-of-man-nothing-but-that-how/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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> [The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-declaration-of-independence-to-which-these-great-men-affixed/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-the-inferior-of-any-man-whose-rights-i-trample-under-foot-men/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We hear in these days a great deal respecting rights--the rights of private judgment, the rights of labor, the rights of property,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/we-hear-in-these-days-a-great-deal-respecting-rights-the-rights-of/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

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> [“In my judgment, the woman is the equal of the man. She has all the rights I have and one more, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/in-my-judgment-the-woman-is-the-equal-of-the-man-she-has-all-the/)

[Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/)

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> [“The source of man's rights is not divine law or a congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A \_\_\_…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-source-of-man-s-rights-is-not-divine-law-or-a-congressional-law/)

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

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> [If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-we-are-made-in-some-degree-for-others-yet-in-a-greater-are-we-made-2/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/potentially-a-government-is-the-most-dangerous-threat-to-man-s-rights-2/)

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

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> [“The man’s rights and the woman’s rights are the same size. They have the right to have their opinions and desires respected,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lundy-bancroft/the-man-s-rights-and-the-woman-s-rights-are-the-same-size-they-have/)

[Lundy Bancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lundy-bancroft/)

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> [The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and good faith, the treatment of human beings as things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-decay-of-decency-in-the-modern-age-the-rebellion-against-law-and/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/at-first-man-was-enslaved-by-the-gods-but-he-broke-their-chains-then/)

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

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> [“I. Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights. Civil distinctions, therefore, can be founded only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-men-are-born-and-always-continue-free-and-equal-in-respect-of-their/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-holland/laws-are-the-very-bulkwarks-of-liberty-they-define-every-man-s-rights/)

[J. G. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-holland/)

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> [For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/for-the-coming-of-that-day-shall-i-fight-i-and-my-sons-and-my-chosen/)

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

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> [We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/we-know-that-if-one-man-s-rights-are-denied-the-rights-of-all-are/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

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## Top authors on Man Rights

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-rights/ayn-rand/)

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