It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for read more

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose
begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose
begins.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and read more

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it.

They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy,
called the rights of man.

They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy,
called the rights of man.

The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as
their equal right to read more

The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as
their equal right to breathe the air--it is a right proclaimed by
the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men
have a right to be in this world, and others no right.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of read more

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.

No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.

No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.