Good Quote by Lysander Spooner

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing…

— Lysander Spooner

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest'…

— Ayn Rand

“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against a positive…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who…

— Thomas Sowell

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The only legitimate interpretation of the concept of the "public" is that it's a highly heterogeneous group of people, and I cannot imagine who…

— Wang Jianwei

The concept of the public welfare is broad and inclusive ... the values it represents are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic as well…

— William O. Douglas

Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even…

— Benjamin Franklin

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

— William Blackstone

We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no…

— Randy Pausch

Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep…

— Ron Paul

The definition of public art to me means everything and means nothing because for me, all art is public. Art has to be public…

— Emi Fontana