We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. Read Summary
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. Read Summary
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Read Summary
Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities. Read Summary
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Read Summary
There are contradictory tendencies in American society. There's a huge range of activities that one can engage in that mark it as a quite free society. It's also true to say that the powers that be have so much control over how people think that there are fewer and fewer people who make use of the rights and information available to them. Read Summary
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Read Summary
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. Read Summary
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. Read Summary
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit. Read Summary
In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. Read Summary
People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story. Read Summary
Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety. Read Summary
There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there's another group that just hates the Second Amendment. Read Summary
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. Read Summary
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. Read Summary
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. Read Summary
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Read Summary
Freedom is the right to live as we wish. Read Summary
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. Read Summary