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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.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and read more
It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and to strengthen the weak by teaching them their rights.
 The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all 
social progress.  
 The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all 
social progress. 
 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. 
 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. 
Many a person seems to think it isn't enough for the government to guarantee him the pursuit of happiness. He read more
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.
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a read more
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
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.