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All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air--it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.

We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.

Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool.

No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.

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.

The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.

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.

No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.