Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
[T]he moralists of Europe [have] pretended that beasts have no rights... a doctrine revolting/gross/barbarous... on which a native of the Asiatic uplands… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framedon the ratio… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The common people don't believe this kind of religion [of islamic fundamentalists] because first and foremost they want to solve their basic… — Abdul Sattar Edhi Copy Share Image
Also, rights are not things that are given in the heavens. Rather, they are levers for political articulations, which enables what was… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Worship is at heart a person offered to God, claiming no rights, making no more selfish demands than a dead man does,… — Graham Kendrick Copy Share Image
I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I am absolutely behind equal rights but I am also bridging the gap between cultural mentality and society's mindset as there are… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law.… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
Perhaps it will be found that to obtain a just republic (and it is to secure our just rights that we resort… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
NYC doesn't have a big sign saying "You must love diversity and the rights of all people." And that's not what makes… — Mohsin Hamid 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
We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“If we want to be endowed with rights – real human rights, we have to act with responsibility. We must not be… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
In most countries, the political class supervises the defense establishment and restrains its leaders from violating human rights or pursuing dangerous, aggressive… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
I think at the heart of the pro-life movement is the idea that all people are created equal, endowed by their creator… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
Nobody would ever want to read a textbook about the Civil War and then interrupt that for two pages about water rights… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“Man did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
At the presidential level, everybody knows that Hillary Clinton is going to stand up for women's reproductive rights. — Stephanie Schriock Copy Share Image
Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we value human rights, they should be at the core of the project against violent extremism, and women a key part… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“...the most sacred right of a person is to refuse o be manipulated, handled, cheated, and then kicked in the ass---.” — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support'… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There are still people that have been held for human rights that shouldn't be held for just speaking their mind. — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
“Two wrongs' create an additional problem. 'A wrong' plus 'A right' creates a remorse. 'Two rights' create a solution.” — Emmanuel Aghado Copy Share Image
What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights. — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image