Quotes about Rights
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
- James Madison
The bells will ring and the marriages will begin. And it's a great day in our state for equal protection under the law for all people.
- Kamala Harris
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
- Will Rogers
By becoming one of the poor who was deprived of his rights, by dying as one of those robbed of justice, God's Son submitted to the utmost extremity of humiliation, entering into total solidarity with those who are without help.
- Fleming Rutledge
The First Amendment is not without limits.
- Jerry Falwell
Because no matter who we are or where we come from, we're all entitled to the basic human rights of clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and healthy land to call home.
- Martin Luther King III
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
- Abraham Lincoln
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
- James Madison
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
- Jesse Jackson
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. It is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades.
- Mike Pence
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
- Ronald Reagan
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
- Ronald Reagan