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    Many a person seems to think it isn't enough for the government to guarantee him the pursuit of happiness. He insists it also run interference for him.

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No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

by Charles Simmons Found in: Rights Quotes,
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator read more

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Rights Quotes,
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Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.

by Claude Arien Helvetius Found in: Rights Quotes,
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We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator read more

We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Rights Quotes,
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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.

by Sir William Blackstone Found in: Rights Quotes,
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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.

by Henry George Found in: Rights Quotes,
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Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like
future violations.

Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like
future violations.

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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.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Rights Quotes,
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Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste
portion of the earth as read more

Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste
portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.

by Sir Thomas More Found in: Rights Quotes,
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