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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.
All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,
essential, and unalienable rights.
All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,
essential, and unalienable rights.
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.
Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in
that being, whatever may be the sex read more
Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in
that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
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.
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.
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.
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.