Book Quote by Jim Garrison

Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.

— Tom Wicker

Rights are in the power of the people.

— Ken Starr

Our Constitution is a mighty document, but the rights it secures require constant vigilance - and the unwavering voices of justices who dissent against…

— Jonathan Capehart

I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British…

— Hari Kunzru

Who needs the protection of the Bill of Rights most? The weak, the most vulnerable in society.

— Danny Kaye

“It is feasible and easy everywhere to undermine administrative power and, in fact, it has been drastically weakened in all Western countries. The defense…

— Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Having to re-articulate your values and, most importantly, your rights, is something that can be quite tiring and frustrating. However, I am meticulous and…

— Sinead Burke

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against…

— A. Philip Randolph

Anyone who has followed my work knows that I'm an advocate of reducing the power of the High Court of Justice, according to the…

— Ayelet Shaked

The authority of government . . . can have no pure right over my person and property but what I concede to it.

— Henry David Thoreau

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

— Thomas Perez