Affair Quote by Baruch Spinoza

What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?

— Catherine the Great

Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas they perform,…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or…

— John Adams

The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Whose intended acts, proposed counsels - remain concealed from enemies, Whose acts are known after they have been done – is considered wise only.…

— Munindra Misra

Rights are in the power of the people.

— Ken Starr

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

It is time that the great center of our people, who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and the extreme…

— Margaret Chase Smith

“know a thing or two about war, and I can tell you there are only two ways to get your enemies off the battlefield:…

— Allen West

The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement…

— Aristotle

No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer…

— Muqtada al Sadr

“Since 2001, the U.S. government has abandoned its role as a champion of human rights and has perpetrated terrible and illegal abuses in prisons…

— Jimmy Carter