Congress Quote by Caleb Cushing

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.

— Caleb Cushing

The right solemnly proclaimed at the birth of the States, and which has been affirmed and reaffirmed in the bills of rights of the…

— Jefferson Davis

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

— Jason Laumark

The right to participate in the choice of representatives for Congress includes, as we have said, the right to cast a ballot and to…

— Harlan F. Stone

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this…

— Martin O'Malley

The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.

— Anonymous

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

— Jacob G. Hornberger

This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

— Erwin Griswold

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

— Rachel Maddow

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

— Paul Farmer