Inalienable Rights Quotes

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I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is… — George Clooney
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself… — Henry David Thoreau
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things.… — Walter Lippmann
A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights. — Lucretia Mott
The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to… — Barack Obama
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights… — Ronald Reagan
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted… — Chuck Woolery
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time… — Jefferson Davis
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the… — Pope John Paul II
Too often, attention is diverted from the needs of populations, insufficient emphasis is placed on work in the fields, and the goods of the earth… — Pope Benedict XVI
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution.… — Joe Biden
True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being… — Salmon P. Chase
Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect… — Pope Benedict XVI
When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we… — Helen Keller
Factual information alone isn't sufficient to guide you through life's labyrinthine tests. You need and deserve regular deliveries of uncanny revelation. One of your inalienable… — Rob Brezsny
All men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon… — L. Ron Hubbard
I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with inalienable rights that… — Sarah Palin
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers… — Calvin Coolidge

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