rights Quotes

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.