Assuming Quote by John Milton

Our rights come from God - not man, not a monarch, not a government.

— Robert Hurt

How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account.…

— Herodotus

Every right is married to a duty; every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility; and there cannot be genuine freedom unless there exists also genuine…

— Russell Kirk

Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into…

— George Washington

We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst…

— William Henry Harrison

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“Democracy, indeed, has a fair-appearing name and conveys the impression of bringing equal rights to all through equal laws, but its results are seen…

— Cassius Dio

The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right…

— Walter Bagehot

While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material…

— Anonymous

Each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.

— David Boaz

In the first part of 'Rights of Man' I have endeavoured to show...that there does not exist a right to establish hereditary government...because hereditary…

— Thomas Paine

“When you set aside mere names & come down to realities, you find that we are ruled by a King just as other absolute…

— Arthur L. Scott