Earth Quote by Lucan

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a…

— Abraham Lincoln

Though men now possess the power to dominate and exploit every corner of the natural world, nothing in that fact implies that they have…

— Edward Abbey

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

— Gifford Pinchot

It is always the right of the mighty which prevails over the weak, and that is very primitive.

— Mahathir Mohamad

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his…

— Thomas Hobbes

The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.

— Roger Sherman

To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is,…

— John Locke

I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill…

— Leland Stanford

Rights are in the power of the people.

— Ken Starr

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

— Khalil Gibran