Equal rights Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

— Maximilien Robespierre

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add…

— Thomas Jefferson

The will of the people is the best law.

— Ulysses S. Grant

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

— Kathy Acker

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Howard Zinn

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

...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.

— Massad Ayoob

The only true law is that which leads to freedom,

— Richard Bach

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

— Voltaire

Once the law is broken with impunity, each man regains the right to any means he deems proper or necessary in order to defend…

— Allan Bloom

There should be a law to the People besides its own will.

— Lord Acton