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Natural Right Quotes by James Madison
- Thus the right of nullification meant by Mr. Jefferson is the natural right, which all admit to be a remedy against insupportable oppression.
- The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
More Natural Right Quotes
- Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. — Frederic Bastiat
- No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the… — Thomas Jefferson
- The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy… — Ulysses S. Grant
- Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so… — Thomas Jefferson
- The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson
- If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason… — Samuel Adams
- Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have… — Walter E. Williams
- By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another,… — Thomas Jefferson
- It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed… — Thomas Jefferson
- I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. — Thomas Jefferson
- A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he… — Thomas Paine
- The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it.… — Samuel Ruiz