--- title: "12 Rights Granted Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Rights Granted quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Rights Granted sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/lilian-jackson-braun-11302_cat_cats-don-t-fight-for-their-rights-they-t_2221203.png" --- > [Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-jackson-braun/cats-don-t-fight-for-their-rights-they-take-them-for-granted-they/) [Lilian Jackson Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-jackson-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/lilian-jackson-braun-11302_cat_cats-don-t-fight-for-their-rights-they-t_2221203.png) > ['Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurance-labadie/rights-are-granted-duties-are-enforced-to-speak-of-rights-and-duties/) [Laurance Labadie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurance-labadie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/laurance-labadie-53391_authority_rights-are-granted-duties-are-enforced-t_1895534.jpg) > [“Now I know of only two methods of establishing equality in the political world; every citizen must be put in possession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/now-i-know-of-only-two-methods-of-establishing-equality-in-the/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_equality_now-i-know-of-only-two-methods-of-establ_1470094.jpg) > [I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/i-have-little-patience-with-people-who-take-the-bill-of-rights-for/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/harry-s-truman-898_amendments_i-have-little-patience-with-people-who-t_1446468.jpg) > [Our rights are not granted by governments. They are inherent to our nature. But it's entirely the opposite for governments: their privileges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/our-rights-are-not-granted-by-governments-they-are-inherent-to-our/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/edward-snowden-555_enjoy_our-rights-are-not-granted-by-government_3005687.jpg) > [Think of the undying glory that hangs around the ancient name of Africa and forget not that you are native-born American citizens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-highland-garnet/think-of-the-undying-glory-that-hangs-around-the-ancient-name-of/) [Henry Highland Garnet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-highland-garnet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/henry-highland-garnet-51756_american-citizens_think-of-the-undying-glory-that-hangs-ar_88807.jpg) > [Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/rights-are-either-god-given-as-part-of-the-divine-plan-or-they-are/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/ezra-taft-benson-443_accepting_rights-are-either-god-given-as-part-of-t_2881789.png) > [The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-godwin/the-decisions-we-make-about-the-internet-don-t-affect-just-the/) [Mike Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-godwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/mike-godwin-41487_answers_the-decisions-we-make-about-the-internet_321885.jpg) > [No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-farson/no-guarantees-come-with-children-s-liberation-but-neither-the-promise/) [Richard Farson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-farson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/richard-farson-57004_abused-children_no-guarantees-come-with-children-s-liber_1654921.png) > [I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-skolnik/i-believe-that-it-is-my-job-to-fight-for-the-rights-of-others-to-have/) [Michael Skolnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-skolnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/michael-skolnik-27872_believe_i-believe-that-it-is-my-job-to-fight-for_2882219.jpg) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-woolery/we-were-born-with-natural-rights-we-don-t-need-civil-rights-african/) [Chuck Woolery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-woolery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/chuck-woolery-16119_african-american_we-were-born-with-natural-rights-we-don_48287.png) > [Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-nelson/whenever-you-get-involved-with-talking-about-rights-you-re-talking/) [Maggie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/maggie-nelson-4294_capitalism_whenever-you-get-involved-with-talking-a_2466241.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-granted/#itemlist", "name": "Rights Granted Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. 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We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. [I'm discriminated against] because I'm old. I'm too old to get a job as a game show host. They say, well, the guy's 71 and in five years he'll be 76. 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