Quotes about Rights
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
— Thomas Jefferson
America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution; we get them from God.
— Dennis Prager
God is the foundation of liberty. Because if God is not, who is? The government?
— Dennis Prager
We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God
— George W. Bush
The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreebly to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.
— George Washington
We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable?
— Glenn Beck
The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.
— John Adams
Inherent rights are from God, and the tragedies of the world originate in their attempted denial.
— Warren G. Harding
Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.
— Ayn Rand