"Rights don't come from human documents. The very……" — Alan Keyes
"Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality."
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50 Quotes by Alan Keyes
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I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things.…
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That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged…
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And when you tell me that somebody's skin color or gender is going to determine their prospects in this world,…
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I personally do not owe the debt that was owed by the campaign.
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Anything the government gives you is just another link in the chains that destroy your liberty.
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Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make…
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We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on…
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Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be…
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Harden our hearts to the innocents in the womb, and we have hardened our hearts to the need for compassion,…
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There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.
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The question isn't whether you have a good master or a bad master. It's to be your own master. That…
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We stand on no high moral plateau in our time. We are, in fact, plumbing depths of depravity unknown to…
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