Democracy Quote by Zygmunt Bauman

“Thus individuals and communities of all faiths, or of none, enjoy two basic rights. One is the right to an autonomous social existence, free…

— Timothy Shah

“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

Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have…

— Rudolf Rocker

“Political rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become the…

— Rudolf Rocker

True rights, such as those in our Constitution, or those considered to be natural or human rights, exist simultaneously among people. That means exercise…

— Walter E. Williams

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

Rights are in the power of the people.

— Ken Starr

Genuine rights don’t conflict—they enable us to live together without intractable conflicts.

— Yaron Brook

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital…

— Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

“If we want to be endowed with rights – real human rights, we have to act with responsibility. We must not be comfortable with…

— Glenn Beck

Rights are a protection from society. But only by fulfilling their obligations to society can the individual give meaning to that protection. (V -…

— John Ralston Saul

The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights.

— Mikhail Bakunin