Force Quote by Ayn Rand

Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.

— Ayn Rand

Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.

— Ayn Rand

No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can…

— Ayn Rand

You may not violate the rights of one human being, even if it is suggested to be done for the sake of whole society.

— Ilkin Santak

Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him when he…

— Pope Pius XI

The human's being right to do as he pleases without interfering with someone else's rights is a formula defining rights prior to social legislation.

— Lawrence Kohlberg

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;…

— William Godwin

The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.

— Roger Sherman

The rights a man arrogates to himself are related to the duties he imposes on himself, to the tasks to which he feels equal.…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;…

— William Godwin

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally…

— Ayn Rand

It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right to property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual…

— George Sutherland