Quotes about Rights
Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury. (senior devil speaking)
- CS Lewis
An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.
- Thomas Jefferson
The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
- Thomas Jefferson
A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.
- Henry Ward Beecher
We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.
- James Madison
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led by a Prophet, but a mere man.
- Brigham Young
We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.
- Al Gore
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.
- Abraham Lincoln
Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.
- Abraham Lincoln
If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
- Abraham Lincoln
Men have no right to what is not reasonable, and to what is not for their benefit.
- Edmund Burke