Bills Quote by Lyman Trumbull

The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall…

— James Madison

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then…

— Tom G. Palmer

For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

— Alice Paul

The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of…

— Walter Lippmann

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on…

— Thomas Jefferson

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government…

— Thomas Jefferson

I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bill of Rights should contain the general principles of natural and civil liberty. It should be to a community what the eternal laws…

— Thomas Paine

[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the…

— Laurence Tribe

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such…

— Lyman Trumbull

The whole of the Bill is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights…

— Albert Gallatin