Firsts Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.

— Nathanael Greene

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

— Lajos Kossuth

If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.

— Frank Herbert

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

— Oprah Winfrey

And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that…

— Joseph Conrad

Don't be afraid. You are as alive as anything else is alive. Your right to be alive is as great as the right of…

— Frederick Lenz

If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.

— Rand Paul

It is important to me to keep fighting for the rights of those who cannot.

— Sasha Velour

Stain not the glory of your worthy ancestors, but like them resolve never to part with your birthright; be wise in your deliberations, and…

— Joseph Warren

I strongly believe in my own rights and wrongs and impose them on myself and my family.

— Nita Ambani

The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.

— Barry Lopez

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

— Robert Green Ingersoll