Free society Quote by Mark Skousen

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

— William Safire

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

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

— Anonymous

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights).

— Robert Nozick

The right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

— Michael Steele

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

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

— Don Williams Jr

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

— William Hazlitt

Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right.

— Ali Sina

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right…

— Edward Snowden

Right is not only to act within the law. It's to also act according to the conscience.

— Howard Zinn

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

— Ramsey Clark