“a basic component of individual rights is the right to own property.” — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination. — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
“One of the most cherished of all rights is the right to be left alone.” — Supreme Court Justice Brandeis Copy Share Image
Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent in support of women's rights, the right of a woman to make her own choice. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
“Universal suffrage in the end does not recognize any of the individual’s rights except the “right” to be alternately oppressor or oppressed.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
We've got rights the right to starve We've got jobs waiting for work We're all brothers lousy and dirty We're all free… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage,… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Who is against human rights in Belarus today? Of course, no one should view human rights as the right to smash shop… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women's rights — and women's… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
And it is to these rights - the right of law and order, the right of life, the right of liberty, the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Never will I sit motionless while directly or indirectly apology is made for the murder of the helpless. In securing any kind… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky, and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world… — Chief Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
They're rights that should be endemic to any democracy. The right to a free quality education, from elementary school right through higher… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The right to life is the source of all rights -- and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property… — Ayn Rand 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
“But Hamilton lost the day, Jefferson won, and we have a Bill of Rights built into our Constitution that, as Hamilton feared,… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“Boy everyone in this country is running around yammering about their fucking rights. "I have a right, you have no right, we… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take the… — Manuel J. Smith Copy Share Image
We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the "right" to education, the "right" to health care, the "right" to food… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you read the Oath of Office, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we should be supportive… — Ron Rivera Copy Share Image
The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing… — Alice Paul Copy Share Image
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And… — Bono Copy Share Image
“Men’s rights The right to be vulnerable The right to be weak The right to be wrong The right to be intuitive… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom for women to have equal rights - the right to work, the right to hold high positions, the… — Farah Diba Copy Share Image
As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image